caa a22 4500 477138764 CHVBK 20180405111726.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1024929619223 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1024929619223 Epistemological Beliefs and Valuing School: Considerations for College Admissions and Retention [Elektronische Daten] [Marlene Schommer, Kiersten Walker] We examine the relationship between high school students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge, or epistemological beliefs, and their attitudes toward education. High school students completed an epistemological questionnaire assessing their beliefs in fixed ability to learn, simple knowledge, quick learning, and certain knowledge. Then they answered open-ended questions on a hypothetical character named Billy. They were to advise Billy if he should go on to college even though his grades were poor and his parents had no money. Finally, they completed questions about their own feelings toward high school and their expectations of the demands of college. Attitudes toward school were then regressed on epistemological belief factor scores. The less students believed in fixed ability to learn and quick learning, the more likely they were to encourage Billy to go to college and to appreciate the role of school in furthering their education, gaining employment, and living everyday life. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1997 Schommer Marlene College of Education #123, Wichita State University, 67260-0123, Wichita, KS aut Walker Kiersten aut Research in Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 38/2(1997-04-01), 173-186 0361-0365 38:2<173 1997 38 11162 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024929619223 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024929619223 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schommer Marlene College of Education #123, Wichita State University, 67260-0123, Wichita, KS aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walker Kiersten aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 38/2(1997-04-01), 173-186 0361-0365 38:2<173 1997 38 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer