Working memory relates to sourcing in a minority of studies, while psychophysiological self-regulation shows a positive relationship¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Two of five studies found a statistically significant relationship between working memory and sourcing. → Anmarkrud 2022 q3 i? In one study of seventh graders, working memory was unrelated to sourcing but higher heart rate variability was associated with more accurate reliability ranking of documents. → Anmarkrud 2022 (2) q2 i? In the only study of argumentative reasoning, it was not significantly related to any of four sourcing measures. → Anmarkrud 2022 (3)

Evidence¶

Anmarkrud 2022¶

Anmarkrud, Ø., Bråten, I., Florit, E., & Mason, L. (2022). The Role of Individual Differences in Sourcing: a Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09640-7

q3 · i? · review · r3

The review's synthesis of five studies of working memory/executive functions and sourcing: "Two... of the five studies found a statistically significant relationship between working memory and sourcing". For example, working memory span predicted discrimination between texts varying in reliability among upper secondary students.

"Two (Braasch et al., 2014; Macedo-Rouet et al., 2020) of the five studies found a statistically significant relationship between working memory and sourcing."

Anmarkrud 2022 (2)¶

Anmarkrud, Ø., Bråten, I., Florit, E., & Mason, L. (2022). The Role of Individual Differences in Sourcing: a Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09640-7

q2 · i? · review · r3

In Mason, Scrimin, Tornatora, et al. (2018), a study of 7th graders reading conflicting information about a health topic, working memory (complex reading span) showed no relationship, while "students with higher heart rate variability, that is, greater self-regulation, were more accurate in rank-ordering the documents".

"Working memory was not related to sourcing but students with higher heart rate variability, that is, greater self-regulation, were more accurate in rank-ordering the documents."

Anmarkrud 2022 (3)¶

Anmarkrud, Ø., Bråten, I., Florit, E., & Mason, L. (2022). The Role of Individual Differences in Sourcing: a Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09640-7

q2 · i? · review · r3

In the single reviewed study of argumentative reasoning (Mason et al., 2014), ninth graders read multiple conflicting texts and sourcing was measured with four tasks including reliability identification, ranking, visits, and time spent; "argumentative reasoning was not statistically significantly related to any of these sourcing measures".

"However, argumentative reasoning was not statistically significantly related to any of these sourcing measures."

Discussion¶

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