Study on the validity and reliability of Turkish version of epistemic beliefs inventory

Current knowledge suggests that there is a relation between the epistemic beliefs of people and how they approach to knowledge, and their learning behaviours. There isn?t any tool with proven validity and reliability to investigate the epistemic beliefs of people in Turkish. The aims of this study were to evaluate the validity and reliability of Turkish version of Epistemic Beliefs Inventory which was originally developed by Schraw, Bendixen and Dunkle in 2002 and to explore the beliefs of students of Dokuz Eylül Medical School towards knowledge. The present study revealed that the newly developed Turkish version, which has 19 questions under five dimensions, is a valid and reliable tool. The epistemic beliefs of students were found to be generally objectivist.