Allowing opt-out options improves output-bound accuracy in adults, primary-school children, and preschoolers¶
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q2 i? Across multiple domains, providing opt-out options enhances the accuracy of the answers learners choose to provide (output-bound accuracy), from preschool age through adulthood. → Yael Sidi · Rakefet Ackerman 2024
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Yael Sidi · Rakefet Ackerman 2024¶
Yael Sidi · Rakefet Ackerman. (2024). Opting Out as an Untapped Resource in Instructional Design: Review and Implications. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09879-w
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The review reports, citing multiple studies, that adults, primary school children (ages 7–12), and preschoolers (ages 3–5) "can exploit the advantage of opting out for enhancing their output-bound accuracy". The review is explorative, not systematic.
"Research has demonstrated that adults (Pansky et al., 2009; Rhodes & Kelley, 2005; Undorf et al., 2021), as well as primary school children (ages 7–12; Koriat & Ackerman, 2010; Krebs & Roebers, 2012), and even preschoolers (ages 3–5, Lyons & Ghetti, 2013), can exploit the advantage of opting out for enhancing their output-bound accuracy."
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Related Claims¶
- The option to withhold answers improves output-bound accuracy, whereas the option to seek help does not consistently do so — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Help seeking is guided by a wider variety of considerations beyond improving immediate answer accuracy than withholding answers is — related
- Adults opt out of answering more on trials they later answer incorrectly, and curiosity is higher on opted-out trials (metacognitive control) — related
- Opting out can improve thinking efficiency by cutting wasted effort on doomed attempts — related
- People underuse opt-out options, and explicit presentation substantially increases their use — related
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Allowing opt-out options improves output-bound accuracy in adults, primary-school children, and preschoolers |
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Allowing opt-out options improves output-bound accuracy in adults, primary-school children, and preschoolers |
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