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Jana Spear; Maria Tulis; Markus Dresel – Educational Psychology, 2024
Adaptive action-related reactions to errors, i.e. (meta-)cognitive processes and behaviours directly aimed at overcoming an error, have been proposed to benefit learning outcomes. However, causally interpretable findings are sparse in the current literature. Addressing this research deficit, the present study aimed at investigating whether…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Error Correction, Student Reaction, Undergraduate Students
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Stiglbauer, Barbara; Zuber, Julia – Educational Psychology, 2019
Regulatory focus is a strong predictor for a person's behaviour in signal detection tasks. While a promotion focus is related to a risky response strategy (hits, false alarms), a prevention focus is associated with a conservative strategy (correct rejections, misses). The present research is based on the assumption that multiple-choice (MC)…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Response Style (Tests), Bias, Test Wiseness
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Leighton, Jacqueline P.; Bustos Gómez, María Clara – Educational Psychology, 2018
Formative assessments and feedback are vital to enhancing learning outcomes but require that learners feel at ease identifying their errors, and receiving feedback from a trusted source--teachers. An experimental test of a new theoretical framework was conducted to cultivate a pedagogical alliance to enhance students' (a) trust in the teacher, (b)…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Well Being, Error Patterns, Formative Evaluation
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Megalakaki, Olga; Aparicio, Xavier; Porion, Alexandre; Pasqualotti, Léa; Baccino, Thierry – Educational Psychology, 2016
The usability of interactive whiteboards vs. computers was evaluated on three dimensions (visibility, legibility and comprehension) in the secondary school pupils. The visibility assessment consisted in detecting a visual stimulus varying in luminance using a staircase procedure, legibility was assessed with a target-search task, and we…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Educational Equipment, Interactive Video, Educational Technology
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Price, Deborah Ann; Yates, Gregory C. R. – Educational Psychology, 2015
In the course of normal classroom lessons, 103 students (median 11.10 years) were asked to spend 15 min writing "anything you can think of" about the number 50 on a blank page. The products were independently scored by 2 specialist art teachers and 2 specialist mathematics teachers on criteria relevant to their specialisations.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Writing Assignments, Creative Writing, Art Teachers
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Bautista, Debbie; Mitchelmore, Michael; Mulligan, Joanne – Educational Psychology, 2009
Young Filipino children are expected to solve mathematical word problems in English, which is not their mother tongue. Because of this, it is often assumed that Filipino children have difficulties in solving problems because they cannot read or comprehend what they have read. This study tested this assumption by determining whether presenting word…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Word Problems (Mathematics), Subtraction, Young Children