The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
The purpose of this study is to test the relationship between seventh-grade students’ personal epistemology for science, subjective task value, and science self-efficacy, with prior achievement serving as a moderator. The mediating role of subjective task value is proposed in the prediction of the r...
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| description | The purpose of this study is to test the relationship between seventh-grade students’ personal epistemology for science, subjective task value, and science self-efficacy, with prior achievement serving as a moderator. The mediating role of subjective task value is proposed in the prediction of the relationship between personal epistemology for science and science self-efficacy. To achieve this aim, a model that explains the relationships among the specified variables is proposed, and then this model is tested using moderated mediation techniques, controlling for the effects of gender and parental educational background variables. The study sample comprises 312 seventh-grade students, determined through stratified random sampling. The analyses confirm the mediating effect of subjective task value and reveal the moderator effect of prior achievement on the prediction of personal epistemology for science and science self-efficacy. Finally, the results of the study are compared with existing research in the field, and recommendations are provided to researchers and practitioners in science education based on these findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c7a5da942b54ea2b731d39d87402bb42023-12-18T00:40:43ZengICASEScience Education International2077-23272023-12-0134428329210.33828/sei.v34.i4.4The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation AnalysisFeride Şahin0Semra Sungur1Salih Ateş2Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, TurkeyDepartment of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Gazi University, Ankara, TurkeyThe purpose of this study is to test the relationship between seventh-grade students’ personal epistemology for science, subjective task value, and science self-efficacy, with prior achievement serving as a moderator. The mediating role of subjective task value is proposed in the prediction of the relationship between personal epistemology for science and science self-efficacy. To achieve this aim, a model that explains the relationships among the specified variables is proposed, and then this model is tested using moderated mediation techniques, controlling for the effects of gender and parental educational background variables. The study sample comprises 312 seventh-grade students, determined through stratified random sampling. The analyses confirm the mediating effect of subjective task value and reveal the moderator effect of prior achievement on the prediction of personal epistemology for science and science self-efficacy. Finally, the results of the study are compared with existing research in the field, and recommendations are provided to researchers and practitioners in science education based on these findings.https://www.icaseonline.net/journal/index.php/sei/article/view/582personal epistemology for scienceprior achievementscience self-efficacysubjective task value |
| spellingShingle | Feride Şahin Semra Sungur Salih Ateş The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Analysis Science Education International personal epistemology for science prior achievement science self-efficacy subjective task value |
| title | The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Analysis |
| title_full | The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Analysis |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Analysis |
| title_short | The Role of Subjective Task Value and Prior Achievement in the Relationship between Personal Epistemology and Science Self-efficacy Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Analysis |
| title_sort | role of subjective task value and prior achievement in the relationship between personal epistemology and science self efficacy beliefs a moderated mediation analysis |
| topic | personal epistemology for science prior achievement science self-efficacy subjective task value |
| url | https://www.icaseonline.net/journal/index.php/sei/article/view/582 |
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