The mediating role of progress motivation in the relationship between epistemological beliefs and students' philosophical thinking

Subject Areas : Educational Science

soheila hossainpour ¹ (Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran)
farshth afkari ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
shahede zarei ³ (Master's Degree in Curriculum Planning, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran)

Received: 2023-08-27 Accepted : 2024-05-25 Published : 2024-06-23

Keywords: epistemological beliefs, philosophical thinking, progress motivation, students,

Abstract :

The present study was the mediating role of progress motivation in the relationship between epistemological beliefs and students' philosophical thinking, Sanandaj branch. The current research was a correlational descriptive research method in terms of its applied purpose and in terms of the nature and method of data collection. The statistical population of this research includes all the students of Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj branch, and to determine the sample size, 396 people were used from the Georgesi and Morgan table by random sampling method. To collect the data, the standard questionnaires of Schumer's epistemological beliefs (1990), Smith's philosophical mindset (1965) and Hosseini et al.'s motivation (2017) were used, which were calculated and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient to determine their reliability. The data was analyzed using path analysis through Amos software. The results showed that epistemological beliefs have a positive and significant relationship with philosophical thinking and motivation to progress, and motivation to progress plays a mediating role in the relationship between students' epistemological beliefs and their philosophical thinking.