Several members of the Hausman Memory and Metacognition Lab recently attended, and presented at, the 64th Annual Psychonomics Society Conference. Our own Dr. Hannah Hausman gave a talk at the International Association of Metacognition pre-meeting on community college math teachers’ beliefs about learning. Several lab members also presented posters of their individual research, including our … Read more
Does the optimal timing of feedback after an error change with retrieval success? In research conducted by our second-year Ph.D. student, Jexy An Nepangue, the answer was found to be yes. In her work which she presented earlier this year at the 2023 Western Psychological Association Conference, Nepangue showed that immediate feedback after errors was more … Read more
How do worked examples, or step-by-step answer guides, affect math learning and metacognition? Our own graduate student, Melanie Prieto, hypothesizes that worked examples can be made more effective by requiring students to explain steps of the problems as they learn, especially for novices. Presenting her work at this year’s 2023 Western Psychological Association Conference, Prieto hypothesizes … Read more
Does producing errors enhance learning of episodic information? Our ongoing research suggests the answer is no, even if semantic supports are provided. Recently graduated research assistant, Siobhan Moher, presented a poster of this work on to the UCSC Psi Chi chapter. You can access the UCSC Psi Chi chapter here and be sure to check … Read more