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We propose a theoretical model linking students' epistemic beliefs, epistemic emotions, learning strategies,and learning outcomes. The model was tested across two studies with 439 post-secondary students fromCanada, the United States, and Germany for Study 1, and 56 students from Canada for Study 2. For Study 1,students self-reported their epistemic beliefs about climate change, read four conflicting documents aboutthe causes and consequences of climate change, self-reported their epistemic emotions and learningstrategies used to learn the content, and were given an inference verification test to measurelearning. Study2 used the same procedure but added a think aloud protocol to capture self-regulatory processes andemotions as they occurred. Path analyses revealed that epistemic beliefs served as important antecedents tothe epistemic emotions students experienced during learning. Students who believed that the justificationof knowledge about climate change requires critical evaluation of multiple sources experienced higherlevels of enjoyment and curiosity, and lower levels of boredom when confronted with conflicting information.A belief in the complexity of this knowledge was related to lower levels of confusion, anxiety, andboredom. A belief in the uncertainty of this knowledge predicted lower levels of anxiety and frustration, anda belief in the active construction of knowledge predicted lower levels of confusion. Epistemic emotionspredicted the types of learning strategies students used to learn the content and mediated relations betweenepistemic beliefs and learning strategies. Learning strategies predicted learning outcomes andmediated relations between epistemic emotions and learning outcomes. Implications for research onepistemic beliefs, epistemic emotions, and students' self-regulated learning are discussed.
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