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Mason, Lucia; Zaccoletti, Sonia – Educational Psychology Review, 2021
Recent research about the learning of science has suggested that misconceptions are not replaced by scientific conceptions and extinguished once conceptual change has occurred. Rather, misconceptions still exist alongside the acquired scientific conceptions and must be suppressed in order to use scientific conceptions. Our goal in this review is…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Learning Processes, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
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Carpenter, Shana K.; Lund, Terry J. S.; Coffman, Clark R.; Armstrong, Patrick I.; Lamm, Monica H.; Reason, Robert D. – Educational Psychology Review, 2016
Retrieval practice has been shown to produce powerful learning gains in laboratory experiments but has seldom been explored in classrooms as a means of enhancing students' learning of their course-relevant material. Furthermore, research is lacking concerning the role of individual differences in learning from retrieval. The current study explored…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Biology, Academic Achievement
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Marsh, Elizabeth J.; Butler, Andrew C.; Umanath, Sharda – Educational Psychology Review, 2012
Fictional materials are commonly used in the classroom to teach course content. Both laboratory experiments and classroom demonstrations illustrate the benefits of using fiction to help students learn accurate information about the world. However, fictional sources often contain factually inaccurate content, making them a potent vehicle for…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Course Content, Literary Genres, Cognitive Psychology