Both LSAT course groups became faster at solving transitive inference problems between pre- and post-test, with the strongest model containing only an effect of Time¶

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q3 i? Both the Reasoning and Comprehension groups got faster at accurately solving transitive inference problems, and the strongest model included only the effect of Time rather than Group×Time. → Belén C. Guerra-Carrillo and Silvia A. Bunge 2018

Evidence¶

Belén C. Guerra-Carrillo and Silvia A. Bunge 2018¶

Belén C. Guerra-Carrillo and Silvia A. Bunge. (2018). Eye gaze patterns reveal how reasoning skills improve with experience. npj Science of Learning 3:18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-018-0035-8

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Bayesian analysis of response times on correct transitive inference trials; accuracy was at ceiling at pre-test, so RTs were the performance measure. The article reports BF10 ≈ 39.24 for the Time-only model and notes the Reasoning group's BF10 ≈ 27.41 with Δ ≈ 18%.

"the strongest model included only the effect of Time (BF 10 ≈ 39.24 ± 2.41%). Thus, although the evidence of improvement was stronger for the Reasoning group, both groups got faster at solving the task between time points"

Discussion¶

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