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Megan Mocko; Amy E. Wagler; Lawrence M. Lesser; Wendy S. Francis; Jennifer M. Blush; Karly Schleicher; Patricia S. Barrientos – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
A large-scale (n = 1323) survey of mnemonic recall, self-reported familiarity, cued explanation, and application by introductory statistics students was conducted at a large research university in the southeastern United States. The students were presented 14 mnemonics during the fall 2017 term. Different nonoverlapping cohorts of students were…
Descriptors: College Students, Statistics Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Mnemonics
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Davis, Danielle K.; Abrams, Lise – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
When people read questions like "How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the ark?", many mistakenly answer "2" despite knowing that Noah sailed the ark. This "Moses illusion" occurs when names share semantic features. Two experiments examined whether shared "visual" concepts (facial features)…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Semantics, Visual Stimuli, Interference (Learning)
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Payne, Jaimie L.; Wood, Carla – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine college students' perceptions of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and identify contributing factors that influence perceptions and reactions to students with ASD. Participants included 1,185 college students who responded to a survey in class or online. Trends in responses suggested that…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Autism