Overt correction of errors speeds young children's learning compared with knowledge of correctness alone¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 1966 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? For young children, overt correction of errors produced faster learning than mere knowledge of whether responses were correct; for adults, overt correction did not increase learning rate or asymptotic performance. → Glaser 1966

Evidence¶

Glaser 1966¶

Glaser, Robert. (1966). Variables in "Discovery Learning." Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED010518

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

The review attributes this finding to Suppes and Ginsberg (1962) on children's concept formation, and contrasts it with Burke, Estes, and Hellyer (1954) showing overt correction did not raise adult learning rate or asymptote. No effect size is printed.

"Recent experimental studies like those of Suppes and Ginsberg (1962) suggest thatovert correction of errors in young children results in faster learning, than doesjust knowledge about whether or not responses were correct."

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