Adele Mazzoleni, Sakshi Garg, Shreya Bhatia, Niraj S Kumar
Medical students' attitudes towards well-being and welfare: a systematic review protocol
BMJ open
influence epistemological beliefs parents development comprehensive scientific reasoning abilities investigated fivewave longitudinal study kindergarten elementary school 161 german 510yearolds 89 girls 72 boys assessed yearly scientific reasoning abilities using comprehensive measures experimentation datainterpretation skills well understanding nature science children also tested language abilities intelligence parents completed sociodemographics questionnaire answered ten questions epistemological beliefs regarding 1 interpretive nature science 2 tentative nature knowledge 3 role scientific framework theories personal epistemology parents significantly predicted scientific reasoning development children regardless parents education level childrens general cognitive abilities however effect epistemology parents childrens scientific reasoning limited intercepts suggesting epistemic understanding parents affects scientific reasoning develops children development speed although parental epistemology exerts substantial effects scientific reasoning children affect reading ability suggesting involvement sciencespecific mechanisms rather generalized familybased influences findings highlight importance family variable development scientific reasoning area lacking research suggests early interventions targeted epistemic understanding caregivers provide useful ways promoting reasoning children research highlights fiveyear longitudinal study shows significant development scientific reasoning kindergarten elementary school caregivers personal epistemology predicted scientific reasoning developmentindependent childrens general cognitive abilities caregivers level education effect mostpronounced caregivers understanding social framework theories determine aspects science accepted conducted caregivers personal epistemology predict childrens reading abilities suggesting effect caregivers epistemology childrens scientific reasoning domainspecific