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Direct linkMason, Lucia; Boscolo, Pietro – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2004
This study focuses on the influence of high school students' (10th and 11th grade) epistemological understanding and topic interest on their interpretation of a dual-position expository text about genetically modified food, as well as on the change in their beliefs about the topic. After reading, students were given different tasks: (1) to write…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Grade 10, Grade 11
