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Stephen Man-Kit Lee; Nicole Sin Hang Law; Shelley Xiuli Tong – Cognitive Science, 2024
Statistical learning enables humans to involuntarily process and utilize different kinds of patterns from the environment. However, the cognitive mechanisms underlying the simultaneous acquisition of multiple regularities from different perceptual modalities remain unclear. A novel multidimensional serial reaction time task was developed to test…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Hypothesis Testing, Cognitive Processes, Reaction Time
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Mandeep K. Dhami; Ian K. Belton; Peter De Werd; Velichka Hadzhieva; Lars Wicke – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
We empirically examined the effectiveness of how the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) technique structures task information to help reduce confirmation bias (Study 1) and the portrayal of intelligence analysts as suffering from such bias (Study 2). Study 1 (N = 161) showed that individuals presented with hypotheses in rows and evidence items…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Decision Making, Credibility, Cognitive Processes
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De Van Vo; Geraldine Mooney Simmie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
While national curricula in science education highlight the importance of inquiry-based learning, assessing students' capabilities in scientific inquiry remains a subject of debate. Our study explored the construction, developmental trends and validation techniques in relation to assessing scientific inquiry using a systematic literature review…
Descriptors: Science Education, Inquiry, Science Process Skills, Student Evaluation