The role of students’ prior topic beliefs in recall and evaluation of information from texts on socio-scientific issues
Engelsk titel: The role of students’ prior topic beliefs in recall and evaluation of information from texts on socio-scientific issues
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Författare:
Bråten, Ivar
;
Stenseth, Tonje
;
Strömsö, Helge I
Email: h.i.stromso@ped.uio.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 31
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 18010137
Sammanfattning
In this research, we investigated relationships between undergraduate students’ prior topic
beliefs and their recall of the main conclusions from texts on controversial socio-scientific issues,
to what extent students trusted the recalled conclusions, and how they justified their trust in
those conclusions. While belief-biased recall of text conclusions was not observed in this study,
students were found to trust the recalled conclusions more when they were consistent than
when they were inconsistent with students’ prior beliefs about the issues. Moreover, students
primarily justified their trust in the recalled conclusions by referring to their personal opinions on
the issues. Finally, students who correctly recalled text conclusions even when those conclusions
were at odds with their prior beliefs about the issues outperformed students who incorrectly
recalled conclusions that were consistent with their prior beliefs on measures of cognitive reflection
and reported use of critical reading strategies. Theoretical as well as educational implications
of these findings are discussed.