Assessing University Students' Epistemological Beliefs About Foreign Language Learning

Concept mapping, criterion-referenced language test development, and web-based data collection were successfully used in this research design as methods of increasing the reliability and validity of the FLBS-E. Suggestions are given for future use of these and other combinations of interdisciplinary and mixed methods (i.e., quantitative and qualitative) in second language acquisition.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Tittle, Matthew Deane

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jenny L. Singleton

• Education, Language and Literature

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3017231

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79611