Taiwan Junior High School Adolescents’ Epistemological Beliefs toward Mathematics and Science

Table 1

Examples of items from each scale in REQ, REQ-M, and REQ-S.

Factors	Sample items
	REQ	REQ-M	REQ-S
Quick learning	Successful students learn things quickly.	Successful students learn math quickly.	Successful students learn science quickly.
Certain knowledge	Truth is unchanging.	Truth in math is unchanging.	Truth in science is unchanging.
Simple knowledge	Working on a problem with no clear solution is a waste of time.	Working on a math problem with no clear solution is a waste of time.	Working on a science problem with no clear solution is a waste of time.
Innate ability	An expert is someone who has a special gift in some area.	An expert in math is someone who has a special gift in math.	An expert in science is someone who has a special gift in science.