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The Effect of Correcting Neuromyths on Students’ and Teachers’ Later Reasoning
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning, Digital Learning.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0794-0009
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 850 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
Department of Psychology, Assumption University, 500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 850 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
2024 (English)In: Journal of Intelligence, E-ISSN 2079-3200, Vol. 12, no 10, article id 98Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Students and educators sometimes hold beliefs about intelligence and learning that lack scientific support, often called neuromyths. Neuromyths can be problematic, so it is important to find methods to correct them. Previous findings demonstrate that textual refutations are effective for correcting neuromyths. However, even after correction, erroneous information may continue to influence reasoning. In three experiments, we investigated whether feedback could be used to update students’ and educators’ beliefs and influence their reasoning about neuromyths. Across all experiments, the results showed that both students and educators held erroneous beliefs about learning and memory that could be updated after receiving feedback. Feedback also increased students’, but not teachers’, reasoning accuracy. The results demonstrate that feedback can be used to update beliefs in neuromyths, but these beliefs may influence reasoning even after correction.

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MDPI AG , 2024. Vol. 12, no 10, article id 98
Keywords [en]
continued influence effect, explanations, misconceptions, neuromyths, reasoning, refutation text
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-355959DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence12100098ISI: 001341812200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85207490959OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-355959DiVA, id: diva2:1911125
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Available from: 2024-11-06 Created: 2024-11-06 Last updated: 2024-11-11Bibliographically approved

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