Jingle-jangle fallacies fragment SR research in education and impede cumulative progress¶
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q1 i? Conceptual confusions in which identical labels denote distinct constructs (jingle) or distinct labels denote overlapping constructs (jangle) complicate theory development and undermine synthesis across SR studies. → Wortha 2026
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Wortha 2026¶
Wortha, F., Gerjets, P., Azevedo, R., Bernacki, M., Brucker, B., Bühler, B., Ehlis, A.-C., Kasneci, E., Miyake, A., Murayama, K., Nagengast, B., Roberts, B., Tibus, M., & Trautwein, U. (2026). A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Research Programs on Self-Regulation in Education. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10196-7
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Theoretical argument in the review's introduction defining the jingle fallacy and its role in fragmenting SR research. The article offers this as conceptual analysis, citing Wulff & Mata, and reports that the SR/SRL label confusion was a central motivation for the paper.
"a jingle fallacy occurs when the same label (the same "jingle") is used to refer to distinct constructs (measured by different indicators), so that the same label represents separate phenomena."
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Jingle-jangle fallacies fragment SR research in education and impede cumulative progress |
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Jingle-jangle fallacies fragment SR research in education and impede cumulative progress |
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