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HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, no.40, pp.300-309, 2011 (SSCI)
This study consists of the analysis on the relationship between the epistemological beliefs of secondary level students and their attitudes towards studying. The sampling of the study was formed by 440 students studying at Grade 10, 11 and 12 in secondary schools. The Epistemological Belief Questionnaire and the Attitudes towards Studying Scale, which were developed in Likert-type in order to assess students' epistemological beliefs and attitudes toward studying, were used as data collection tools. The data obtained from the scales were evaluated according to some variables and significant positive relations were determined. The analysis concluded that there were significant relationship between students' genders and grade levels in terms of their epistemological beliefs and attitudes towards studying. It was found that as the level of students' epistemological beliefs increased, their attitudes towards studying also improved.