“…It encompasses one's epistemological commitments as well as metaphysical beliefs con-cerning science (Posner et al, 1982), and it has evolved over the last three decades to determine several affective factors (Mason & Zaccoletti, 2021). These affective factors have been widely explored by many studies, such as motivation (Taasoobshirazi et al, 2016), confidence in prior knowledge and self-efficacy (Cordova et al, 2014), emotional and attitude (Chancey et al, 2021), and situational interest (Thomas & Kirby, 2020). Some researchers have proposed a multidimensional model of conceptual change that considers epistemological (classical), ontological, and affective aspects (Amin & Smith, 2014).…”