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Metcalfe, Janet; Schwartz, Bennett L.; Bloom, Paul A. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Theories of study time allocation and of curiosity suggest that people are most engaged with and want to devote their time to materials that are not completely mastered but also are not so difficult that they might be impossible. Their curiosity is thought to be triggered by items that are almost known, or are in what is sometimes called theregion…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Metacognition, Personality Traits, Response Style (Tests)
Metcalfe, Janet – Grantee Submission, 2017
Although error avoidance during learning appears to be the rule in American classrooms, laboratory studies suggest that it may be a counterproductive strategy, at least for neurologically typical students. Experimental investigations indicate that errorful learning followed by corrective feedback is beneficial to learning. Interestingly, the…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Educational Benefits