NDLI: Cross-Sectional Study on Chinese Secondary School Students’ Epistemic Beliefs and Fallacy Identification

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Author	Chan, Victor C. W. Lee, Wincy W. S.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Individuals hold different epistemic beliefs at different ages, and these beliefs can affect a wide range of reasoning tasks. The present study examined Chinese secondary school students’ epistemic beliefs at different grade levels, and how these related to the students’ abilities to identify various forms of fallacy with the use of a cross-sectional design. One hundred and forty-six Chinese secondary school students (Grade 7 N = 32, Grade 9 N = 40, Grade 10 N = 36, and Grade 11 N = 38) completed a 14-item Epistemic Beliefs Questionnaire and a set of fallacy tasks. CFA showed that the questionnaire measured the four dimensions of the secondary school student samples adequately. A non-linear trend of epistemic beliefs across different grades was found and analyses using MANOVA showed significant grade differences in the dimension of Certainty (Grade 7 vs. 10 vs. 11). χ $^{2}$ tests showed only significant grade difference in the fallacy of Appeal to Authority (Grade 7 vs Grade 9; Grade 7 vs. 10). Finally, only grade, but not epistemic beliefs, predicted fallacy identification (Appeal to Authority) when all variables were considered in the ordinal logistic regression model. The issue of epistemic dimensions change and students’ informal reasoning ability are discussed in light of the Chinese culture.
Starting Page	11
Ending Page	19
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01195646
Journal	The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
Volume Number	26
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	22437908
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Publisher Date	2016-12-02
Publisher Place	Singapore
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Fallacy identification Sociology of Education Educational Policy and Politics Education Learning and Instruction International and Comparative Education Epistemic beliefs Chinese school students
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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