本研究之目的在於瞭解知識信念與閱讀任務對多文本閱讀之影響。多文本閱讀意指針對單一主題閱讀多篇文本，並統整不同文本的內容，以形成對該主題更全面的認識。由於，多文本閱讀的歷程相當複雜，因此，瞭解影響讀者跨文本統整的因素至關重要。本研究奠基於前人的研究基礎，進一步探討歷史知識信念（分為簡單性/確定性信念及統整信念）與閱讀任務（分為摘要及論證）對歷史科多文本閱讀表徵之影響。研究對象為桃園市某一公立高中的85位高一學生，採2（簡單性/確定性信念：適合或不適合）× 2（統整信念：適合或不適合）× 2（閱讀任務：摘要或論證）完全受試者間設計，並控制主題知識帶來的潛在影響。參與者須完成歷史知識信念問卷、主題知識測驗，並且於閱讀三篇歷史科文本後，撰寫摘要或論證類型的短文。研究結果顯示：（一）持有不適合的「簡單性/確定性」信念的學生其總分表現較差，容易抄寫單一文本的句子，或僅對單一文本進行精緻化，鮮少進一步統整多文本內容。（二）摘要組的總分表現低於論證組，摘要任務使學生更傾向於抄寫及文本內精緻化，論證任務則使學生傾向於跨文本精緻化及增述。（三）「統整」信念與閱讀任務對總分有顯著的交互作用，但是可能由於閱讀任務的難度過高，持有適合統整信念的學生在摘要任務中的總分低於統整信念不適合組。;It has been widely recognized that constructing a coherent representation based on multiple texts is difficult. However, epistemological beliefs and reading task that may facilitate or constrain the integration of multiple texts are not well understood by researchers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of epistemological beliefs and reading task on students’ reading of multiple historical texts. Participants included 84 senior high school students in Taoyuan. The research had a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design: simplicity/ certainty beliefs (activity-inappropriate/activity-appropriate) × integration beliefs (activity-inappropriate/activity-appropriate) × reading task (summary/argumentation). The results of the study showed that (1) students with inappropriate simplicity/ certainty beliefs tended to copy sentences from a single text, or only elaborate a single text; (2) writing argument might bring about better integration than writing summaries; and (3) integration beliefs and the reading task had significant interaction on the total score. However, the total score of the students with appropriate integration beliefs in the summary task is lower than students with inappropriate integration beliefs. This study discusses several possible explanations for the results.
