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Hausman Memory and Metacognition take on WPA!

Recently, a few of our grad students and amazing undergraduates went to present posters at the Western Psychological Association’s 2024 conference!

The following poster was done by Jacqueline Gonzalez on the effects of immediate feedback regarding errorful learning.

This study investigates the complexities of learning from errors and considers influences of feedback timing. Previous research suggests that immediate feedback is essential for benefiting from errors. Is immediate feedback beneficial because it immediately alerts learners of their error, or because the immediate feedback is corrective? Participants learned weakly associated word pairs under errorless (e.g., swimfloat) and errorful (e.g., swim-???) conditions, with either immediate feedback, delayed feedback, or delayed feedback with immediate warnings. Within errorful trials, participants either 1) guessed the target then studied the immediately-provided correct answers, 2) guessed all targets before studying the delayed correct answers, or 3) received immediate warnings concerning the correctness of their guesses, later followed by delayed feedback. Delayed feedback, even when accompanied by immediate warnings, did not produce as much learning from errors as immediate feedback.

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Dr. Hannah Hausman awarded Hellman Fellowship!

In collaboration with graduate student Melanie Prieto, Dr. Hausman and Melanie will explore how to improve worked examples as a tool for learning mathematics. Often seen on websites such as Chegg, Slader, etc., worked examples have been regarded as beneficial for student learning. However, this lab’s research has routinely shown that worked examples decrease the accuracy of students’ metacognition–i.e., they are unaware of their level of understanding. This is such an exciting project and we can’t wait to see what comes of it! Find more information about the Hellman Fellowship here. Congratulations!!

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Dr. Hannah Hausman awarded large grant from the Spencer Foundation!

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Dr. Hannah Hausman, in collaboration with Linguistics professors Dr. Matthew Wages and Dr. Pranav Anand was recently awarded a large grant by the Spencer Foundation. The grant’s purpose is to fund education research that will help contribute to the improvement of education broadly. According to the foundation, they support “rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education”. The current proposal aims to investigate both the possible benefits and drawbacks of the involvement of Artificial Intelligence in college linguistics courses.

Find more information about the Spencer Foundation here!

Congratulations Dr. Hausman!