<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Selahattin Akpınar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Savaş Varlık</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Öznur Akpınar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fatma Uygur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ahmet Şamil Gürer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sedef Bulut</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Şirin Kübra Yağmur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Şeref Yiğit Akpınar</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY, SCIENCE LEARNING STRATEGIES, AND SCIENTIFIC DECISION-MAKING: THE MODERATED MEDIATION ROLE OF SCIENCE SELF-EFFICACY</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Baltic Science Education</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mixed-methods research</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">science learning strategies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">science self-efficacy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">scientific decision-making</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">scientific inquiry</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April/2026</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=4863018</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">25</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Continuous</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Scientific decision-making among science upper-secondary school students may be shaped by their engagement in scientific inquiry and the strategies they use to learn science; however, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. This study investigates how science self-efficacy functions as a moderator and mediator in the link between scientific inquiry and scientific decision-making, with science learning strategies serving as the intermediary, among upper-secondary school science students. A mixed-methods exploratory sequential design, including a scale development sub-design, was employed. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven students placed in science upper-secondary schools by scoring in the top 1% on the entrance exam, using criterion sampling. Based on these findings, a scale was developed and piloted with 675 students, demonstrating satisfactory validity and reliability. The finalized scale was then administered to 430 students enrolled in science upper-secondary schools across Türkiye during the 2025–2026 academic year. Results revealed positive and significant associations among the variables. Science learning strategies demonstrated a central mediating role, and these associations were stronger at higher levels of science self-efficacy.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research article </style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">217-234</style></section></record></records></xml>