Free narrative reports are incomplete but relatively free from mistakes, while interrogatory reports contain a large proportion of wrong statements¶

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q2 i? The form of the report matters: narratives are usually incomplete but relatively mistake-free, whereas answers to questions rarely include 'I don't know' and include many wrong statements. → Lipmann 1911

Evidence¶

Lipmann 1911¶

Lipmann, O. (1911). Pedagogical Psychology of Report. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070700

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The author's summary of report-research findings on report form, contrasting the free "narrative" with the "interrogatory" of question-answers. Questions call the child's attention to memory gaps, which are then filled out. No effect sizes are printed.

"As a matter of fact, the narrative is usually in- complete, but relatively free from mistakes, while in the in- terrogatory the answer "I don't know" seldom occurs, but a large proportion of the statements are wrong."

Discussion¶

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