Backward curiosity may be an optimal starting point for promoting student learning¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Because incongruity spurs prediction, causal search, and conceptual change, the review argues backward curiosity is a promising starting point for learning, though students undervalue it. → Shin 2019

Evidence¶

Shin 2019¶

Shin, D. D., & Kim, S. (2019). Homo Curious: Curious or Interested? Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09497-x

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Narrative review argument citing behavioral and neuroscientific evidence that prediction errors release dopamine and trigger new learning, and that incongruity spurs greater cognitive engagement and conceptual change. The support is the review's synthesis, not a new experiment.

"This evidence suggests that backward curiosity may be an optimal starting point when seeking to promote student learning."

Discussion¶

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