Epistemological development and its impact on cognition in academic domains

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Examination of student learning approaches, reflective thinking, and epistemological beliefs: A latent variables approach Vol 4(3), pp: 577-610 (2006, background): “Despite the extensive research into epistemological beliefs (Schommer, 1993; Schommer et al, 2002; Schommer-Aikins et al., 2005; Schraw & Sinatra, 2004) and that the recent work by Cano (2005) is a developing area, there are still many unknown factors that need to be explored further.”
Assessing Teachers' Epistemological and Ontological Worldviews (2008, background): “These studies suggest important differences among students that are related to learning outcomes such as achievement, critical thinking, metacognition, and strategy use (Baxter-Magolda, 2002; Hofer, 2001; Schommer, 1994; Schraw & Sinatra, 2004 ).”
The first year university experience: using personal epistemology to understand effective learning and teaching in higher education (2009, background): “Such a re-conceptualisation might usefully focus on pedagogies which promote active wrestling with complex issues and explicit reflection on epistemological beliefs ( Schraw and Sinatra 2004 ).”