Abstract
In this study, we generated and tested a hypothesized model that specified direct and indirect linkages between different types of beliefs concerning the justification for knowing in science, motivation for science reading comprehension, and science achievement. Using a path analysis approach with a sample of 122 lower-secondary school students, results indicated that students’ science reading comprehension self-efficacy predicted their achievement, with the justification belief variables indirectly affecting science achievement through their influence on science reading self-efficacy. Specifically, there was a negative indirect effect of personal justification on science achievement mediated by science reading comprehension self-efficacy, whereas both justification by authority and justification by multiple sources had positive indirect effects on science achievement mediated by self-efficacy. Beliefs in personal justification and justification by multiple sources affected achievement directly as well as indirectly. Both theoretical and educational implications of the results are discussed.
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