Selecting personal-experiences sources is more likely in a personal context without an external audience than in a university context¶
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q3 i? The likelihood of selecting a personal-experiences source was higher in a personal context without an external audience than in a university context. → Cornelia Schoor 2024
Evidence¶
Cornelia Schoor 2024¶
Cornelia Schoor, Jean-François Rouet, and M. Anne Britt (2024). Reading for University or for Myself? Effects of Context and Beliefs about Science on College Students' Document Selection. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116 (3), pp.317-345. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000849
q3 · i? · causal · r?
External context was manipulated between participants (university vs. personal scenarios) with source expertise as a within-participants manipulation; the article reports the personal-context increase in selecting "a personal-experiences source" relative to the university context. No effect size for this context effect is printed in the available text.
"However, their likelihood of selecting a personal-experiences source was higher in a personal context without an external audience (compared to university context)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Domain Context — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Experiment 2 replicated Experiment 1 and extended the findings regarding external context — related
- Authentic Audiences Improve Student Work — related
- College students prefer scientific-expertise sources over personal-experiences sources when selecting documents for further reading — related
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personal-context-raises-personal-experiences-selection |
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Selecting personal-experiences sources is more likely in a personal context without an external audience than in a university context |
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Selecting personal-experiences sources is more likely in a personal context without an external audience than in a university context |
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moderate |
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2024 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-25 |
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1 — cornelia-schoor-2024 |
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