Epistemic Beliefs and Their Relation to Multiple-Text Comprehension: A Norwegian Program of Research

Abstract

Nowadays, students are required to use multiple information sources to complete tasks, both in and out of school. The beliefs that students hold about knowledge and knowing – their epistemic beliefs – have been linked to successful integration of information across multiple texts. Framed by literature on epistemic belief research from an educational psychology perspective, this article reviews a recent Norwegian program of research on students' epistemic beliefs. The research has implications for educational research and practice that are discussed.

Keywords:

• epistemic beliefs
• multiple-text comprehension
• program of research
• review

Acknowledgements

This program of research was conducted by members of the TextDIM (Text Comprehension: Development, Instruction, and Multiple Texts) research group at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo.