A Cross-Cultural Study of Relationships between Epistemological Beliefs and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies

Autor/inn/en	Jiang, Ying Hong; Wang, Jia; Bonner, Patricia; Yau, Jenny
Titel	A Cross-Cultural Study of Relationships between Epistemological Beliefs and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies
Quelle	In: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 19 (2021) 54, S.369-392 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1696-2095
Schlagwörter	Metacognition; Learning Strategies; Middle School Students; Learning Motivation; Self Efficacy; Epistemology; Academic Achievement; Ethnic Groups; Comparative Analysis; Academic Ability; Student Attitudes; Test Anxiety; Correlation; Prediction; Cross Cultural Studies; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Erkenntnistheorie; Schulleistung; Ethnie; Schülerverhalten; Examination phobia; Testangst; Prüfungsangst; Korrelation; Vorhersage; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Kalifornien
Abstract	Introduction: Prior research consistently provides evidence supporting potential relationships between epistemological beliefs and learning. The current study examines the relationship between epistemological beliefs, academic motivation, and self-regulated learning strategies among different ethnic groups of American adolescents. Method: This quantitative study utilized a correlational design to examine the relationship between epistemological beliefs and self-regulated learning strategies in adolescents attending middle school. A total of 364 middle school students (6th to 8th grade) from Southern California public middle schools participated in the study. A multiple group path model was employed to analyze the student data. Results: We found that certain knowledge, omniscient authority, and innate ability beliefs about the nature of knowledge predict positive relationships with self-efficacy and intrinsic value components of motivation. Quick learning and simple knowledge beliefs predict negative relationships with self-efficacy and intrinsic-value but positive relationship with test-anxiety. Similarly, in the aspect of self-regulatory learning strategies, those who believe in the absolute nature of knowledge and the authorities tend to use cognitive and self-regulatory learning strategies more often, while those who believe in the speed of knowledge acquisition tend to employ those strategies less. Discussion and Conclusion: Findings from this study inform educators of the need to advance adolescents' epistemological beliefs for each subject (e.g., science, language arts) as a method to facilitate their motivation and self-regulated learning. We recommend that future research should include assessments of the participants' cultural orientations or the domain specificity of the epistemological beliefs, which may vary the associations of the beliefs with self-regulated learning. Additionally, future research can further investigate other potential mediators of the relationship between epistemological beliefs and self-regulatory learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01