The true-versus-false statement accuracy difference is larger for misconception than control trials, and significant for science but not maths¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 2 studies · 2 associational r2 · q3 · i2–i3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Trial type × Statement type interaction: the true–false accuracy difference was smaller in control trials (ηp2 = .120) than misconception trials (ηp2 = .256). → Brookman-Byrne A 2018 q3 i3 Discipline × Statement type interaction: the true–false difference was significant for science trials (ηp2 = .505) but not maths trials (p = .629). → Brookman-Byrne A 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Brookman-Byrne A 2018¶

Brookman-Byrne A, Mareschal D, Tolmie AK, Dumontheil I (2018) Inhibitory control and counterintuitive science and maths reasoning in adolescence. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198973. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198973

q3 · i2 · associational · r2

Follow-up repeated measures ANOVAs on the Trial type × Statement type interaction in the misconceptions task (N = 87) showed "less difference in accuracy between true and false statements in control trials" (ηp2 = .120) than misconception trials (ηp2 = .256).

"The interaction was attributable to less difference in accuracy between true and false statements in control trials, F(1,83) = 11.33, p = .001, ηp 2 = .120, compared to misconception trials, F(1,83) = 28.57, p< .001, ηp 2 = .256."

Brookman-Byrne A 2018 (2)¶

Brookman-Byrne A, Mareschal D, Tolmie AK, Dumontheil I (2018) Inhibitory control and counterintuitive science and maths reasoning in adolescence. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198973. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198973

q3 · i3 · associational · r2

The same ANOVA (N = 87) showed a Discipline × Statement type interaction; "the difference between true and false statements was significant for science trials" (ηp2 = .505) but not maths trials (p = .629). The authors attribute this partly to nine maths problem-sets containing equations requiring mental calculation in both statement types.

"There was an additional significant interaction between Discipline and Statement type, whereby the difference between true and false statements was significant for science trials, F(1,83) = 84.75, p< .001, ηp 2 = .505, but not maths trials, p = .629 (Table 2)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Adolescents show lower accuracy and longer reaction times on counterintuitive misconception trials than on matched control trials in science and maths — related
• Incongruent items in school-topic tasks are generally associated with longer response times and lower accuracy, patterns consistent with inhibitory control recruitment — related
• In discipline-specific exploratory regressions, neither Stroop RT cost nor complex No-Go accuracy significantly predicted science or maths misconception measures separately — related