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The Role of Beliefs Regarding the Uncertainty of Knowledge and Mental Effort as Indicated by Pupil Dilation in Evaluating Scientific Controversies
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Lang, Fabian; Kammerer, Yvonne; Oschatz, Kerstin; Stürmer, Kathleen; Gerjets, Peter – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Laypeople are increasingly confronted with scientific controversies, as science concerns many aspects of everyday life. In the present study, we investigated how epistemic beliefs regarding the uncertainty of knowledge (i.e. uncertainty beliefs) and invested mental effort during task processing contribute to how individuals evaluate scientific…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Eye Movements, Evaluative Thinking