Causal illusions in the classroom: how the distribution of student outcomes can promote false instructional beliefs

Causal illusions in the classroom: how the distribution of student outcomes can promote false instructional beliefs

Abstract Teachers sometimes believe in the efficacy of instructional practices that have little empirical support. These beliefs have proven difficult to efface despite strong challenges to their evidentiary basis. Teachers typically develop causal beliefs about the efficacy of instructional practic...

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Main Authors: Kit S. Double, Julie Y. L. Chow, Evan J. Livesey, Therese N. Hopfenbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:Cognitive Research
Subjects:
Teacher beliefs
Outcome density effect
False beliefs
Causal illusions
Contingency learning
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41235-020-00237-2

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