Student or educator? Sign up with your school email and get 6 months of Pro free.
CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 388

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 15 of the 15 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Addressing Challenges to Public Understanding of Science: Epistemic Cognition, Motivated Reasoning, and Conceptual Change

Sinatra, Gale M., Kienhues, Dorothe, Hofer, Barbara K.·2014·Educational Psychologist
DOI 10.1080/00461520.2014.916216
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

Science is of critical importance to daily life in a knowledge society and has a significant influence on many everyday decisions. As scientific problems increase in their number and complexity, so do the challenges facing the public in understanding these issues. Our objective is to focus on 3 of those challenges: the challenge of reasoning about knowledge and the processes of knowing, the challenge of overcoming biases in that reasoning, and the challenge of overcoming misconceptions. We propose that research in epistemic cognition, motivated reasoning, and conceptual change can help to identify, understand, and address these obstacles for public understanding of science. We explain the contributions of each of these areas in providing insights into the public's understandings and misunderstandings about knowledge, the nature of science, and the content of science. We close with educational recommendations for promoting scientific literacy.

Overview

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1080/00461520.2014.916216

Cites

15 of 15 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Verification

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Citations

Cites

Research works printed but not linked: 91

  1. 10.1177/0963662506070159 · DOI · Paper page
  2. 10.1007/s11218-009-9097-z · DOI
  3. 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.02.001 · DOI
  4. 10.1007/978-1-4020-6596-5_20 · DOI
  5. 10.1007/s11165-011-9274-x · DOI
  6. Bybee R. W., 1997, Achieving scientific literacy: From purposes to practices
  7. Bybee R. W., 2013, Science Teacher, 80, 25
  8. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730421.003.0010 · DOI
  9. 10.1080/00461520.2011.587722 · DOI · Paper page
  10. Chinn C. A., 2008, In Learning in the disciplines: Proceedings of the 8th international conference of the learning sciences (ICLS 2008): Vol. 3. Short papers, symposia, and selected abstracts
  11. 10.1207/s15430421tip4004_4 · DOI
  12. 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01603.x · DOI
  13. Danielson R. W., Journal of Sustainability Education.
  14. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730421.003.0017 · DOI
  15. 10.1207/s15326985ep3302&3_5 · doi:10.1207/s15326985ep3302&3_5
  16. 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(200005)84:3<287::AID-SCE1>3.0.CO;2-A · DOI
  17. 10.1088/0963-6625/1/2/002 · DOI
  18. 10.1002/mar.4220120509 · DOI · Paper page
  19. Evans E., 2008, International handbook of research on conceptual change (pp. 263–294)
  20. 10.1345/aph.1Q318 · DOI · Paper page
  21. 10.1080/00461520802178458 · DOI · Paper page
  22. 10.1007/s12052-012-0423-0 · DOI
  23. 10.1002/sce.21072 · DOI
  24. 10.1093/ijpor/edn017 · DOI · Paper page
  25. 10.1006/ceps.1999.1026 · DOI · Paper page
  26. 10.1023/A:1011965830686 · DOI · Paper page
  27. 10.1007/s10648-006-9000-9 · DOI
  28. 10.1037/13273-009 · DOI
  29. Hofer B. K., 2011, Adolescent epistemological development: Domain differences in history and science
  30. 10.3102/00346543067001088 · DOI · Paper page
  31. Hofer B. K., 2002, Personal epistemology: The psychology of beliefs about knowledge and knowing
  32. 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2006.00003.x · DOI · Paper page
  33. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013, Summary for policymakers
  34. 10.2190/4T1B-HBP0-3F7E-J4PN · DOI · Paper page
  35. Kahneman D., 2011, Thinking, fast and slow
  36. 10.1007/978-94-007-1793-0_6 · DOI
  37. 10.1348/000709907X268589 · DOI
  38. 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2010.02.004 · DOI
  39. King P. M., 2002, Personal epistemology: The psychology of beliefs about knowledge and knowing, 37
  40. 10.1016/S0732-118X(02)00003-X · DOI
  41. 10.1007/978-1-4899-0924-4 · DOI · Paper page
  42. 10.2307/1449747 · doi:10.2307/1449747
  43. 10.1037//0033-295X.103.2.263 · doi:10.1037//0033-295x.103.2.263 · Paper page
  44. 10.1016/S0885-2014(00)00030-7 · DOI · Paper page
  45. Kuhn T., 1957, The Copernican revolution.
  46. Latifian M., 2004, Psychological Reports, 95, 371, 10.2466/PR0.95.6.371-385 · doi:10.2466/pr0.95.6.371-385
  47. 10.1006/jesp.2001.1489 · DOI
  48. 10.1007/s11165-010-9196-z · DOI · Paper page
  49. 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.03.001 · DOI · Paper page
  50. 10.1207/s15326985ep3901_6 · DOI · Paper page
  51. Maier M., Educational Psychologist, 49
  52. 10.1111/mbe.12043 · DOI · Paper page
  53. 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2012.01290.x · DOI
  54. 10.1126/science.1126746 · DOI · Paper page
  55. 10.1007/s10648-006-9003-6 · DOI · Paper page
  56. 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00588.x · DOI
  57. National Research Council, 2011, A framework for K–12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas (Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K–12 Science Education Standards; Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education)
  58. NGSS Lead States, 2013, Next generation science standards: For states, by states
  59. 10.1002/sce.21001 · DOI
  60. 10.3732/ajb.0900041 · DOI · Paper page
  61. 10.1080/10508406.2011.564567 · DOI
  62. 10.1007/s11409-007-9008-7 · DOI
  63. Posner G. J., 1982, Science Education, 67, 489
  64. 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01771.x · DOI · Paper page
  65. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730421.001.0001 · DOI
  66. 10.1207/s15516709cog2605_1 · DOI · Paper page
  67. 10.1037/0022-0663.88.2.272 · DOI
  68. 10.1080/03057260108560166 · DOI · Paper page
  69. 10.1002/tea.20009 · DOI · Paper page
  70. 10.1080/03057260802681839 · DOI · Paper page
  71. 10.1037/0022-0663.82.3.498 · doi:10.1037/0022-0663.82.3.498 · Paper page
  72. Schraw G., 2002, Personal epistemology: The psychology of beliefs about knowledge and knowing, 261
  73. Seyranian V., 2013, Leader interpersonal and influence skills: The soft skills of leadership (pp. 207–242)
  74. Seyranian V, The Leadership Quarterly.
  75. 10.1177/1368430207084843 · DOI
  76. 10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.12.005 · DOI
  77. 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2005.10.001 · DOI · Paper page
  78. 10.1207/s15326985ep4002_5 · DOI
  79. 10.1002/RRQ.005 · DOI · Paper page
  80. 10.1037/13275-011 · DOI
  81. 10.1093/biosci/biu023 · doi:10.1093/biosci/biu023
  82. 10.1007/s11251-011-9166-5 · DOI
  83. Sinatra G. M., 2013, International handbook of research on conceptual change (2nd ed, 377
  84. Sinatra G. M., Warm change about hot topics: The role of motivation and emotion in attitude and conceptual change
  85. 10.1002/tea.10087 · DOI · Paper page
  86. 10.1007/978-94-007-1793-0_6 · DOI
  87. Stanovich K. E., 1999, Who is rational? Studies of individual differences in reasoning, 10.4324/9781410603432 · DOI · Paper page
  88. Stanovich K. E., 2010, Decision making and rationality in the modern world
  89. 10.1080/01443410.2010.538039 · DOI
  90. Vosniadou S., 2013, International handbook of conceptual change (2nd ed.), 10.4324/9780203154472 · DOI · Paper page
  91. 10.1207/s1532690xci2304_2 · DOI

Cited by

See all 388

Metadata

Authors
Sinatra, G. M., Kienhues, D., & Hofer, B. K.
Venue
Educational Psychologist
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2014-04-03
Volume
49
Issue
2
Pages
123-138
ISSN
  • 0046-1520 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-6985
DOI
10.1080/00461520.2014.916216
OpenAlex
W2031818665
Cited by
388
References
15
FWCI
133.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

Data sources

Bibliographic data: Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref.

Contains information from the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph Datasets, made available under the ODC Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0).

Semantic Scholar’s data is described in: Kinney, R., et al. (2023). The Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform. arXiv:2301.10140.