Epistemological questions about the nature of knowledge and belief underlie many of the
controversial issues fundamental to research and practice in science teaching and learning …

What is a teacher to do when confronted with a student who says “I understand that theory
(eg, evolution), but I don't believe it”? The purpose of this article is to provide a rationale for …

Elementary students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge—epistemological beliefs—are
an emerging concern for science education and research. Composed of a critique of …

Cognitive psychology's descriptions of an individual's knowledge resemble those
philosophers' offer of scientific theory. Both offer resources for conceptual change teaching …

This edited volume extends existing discussions among philosophers of science, cognitive
psychologists, and educational researchers on the the restructuring of scientific knowledge …

Epistemic practices are the socially organized and interactionally accomplished ways that
members of a group propose, communicate, assess, and legitimize knowledge claims …

This paper summarizes eight assertions of the constructivist epistemology by drawing many
cases both from the history and philosophy of science, and from educational studies …

American science education has faltered, from just about everyone's perspective. American
students rank near or at the bottom in international surveys of science achievement. Science …

Science educators have been interested in developing people's understanding of the
epistemology of science for a long time. Despite decades of research on students' ideas …

Previous studies have documented that middle school students have a limited" knowledge
unproblematic" epistemology of science (ie, scientists steadily amass more facts about the …