Misconcept. Types
How info hurts learn
How beliefs hurt lea.
Review Problem Sol.
Other review
100

this type occurs when applications of everyday phenomena arePreconceived notions extended inappropriately

What are preconceived notions

100
This occurs when new information causes mistakes in recalling older information/representations
What is retroactive interference
100
According to the article we read, this group was found to have the highest level of math anxiety across all college majors tested.
Who are elementary education majors
100

When the states, operators, and/or constraints of a problem are unknown or vaguely specified it is referred to as this.


What is ill-defined
100

This component of memory is limited in duration (though not MOST limited) and in capacity (the most limited)

What is working memory
200
These are products of specific terminology or vocabulary used that might have multiple meanings in different contexts
What are vernacular misconceptions
200
This is when information you've learned in the past / prior representations cause mistakes or challenges in learning new information
What is proactive interference
200
This behavior by mothers with high math anxiety can hurt their daughters' math learning
What is helping them with homework
200

This refers to being stuck on an object’s typical function, so not being able to consider other uses

What is functional fixedness
200
The determining factor for what makes it from sensory to working memory
What is attending / paying attention
300

These are views held by students that were communicated from sources outside of science education (like theology)


What are non-scientific beliefs
300
This kind of prompting can activate specific representations that might influence your recreation of memories (example- thinking a car was going faster when asked its speed when it "smashed" vs "bumped" into another car)
What are leading or suggestive questions
300
This group of children show a more equitable view of who is more likely to be "really, really smart" compared to their peers, who show a more egocentric view.
Who are female 6-7 year olds (compared to all males and younger females)
300

This refers to using solutions that have worked in the past, even if others are better

What is mental set
300
What is the ideal level of engagement for learning? 
What is interactive
400
These are ideas that were learned to be true from previous experience but are incorrect (such as that we only have five senses) 
What are factual misconceptions
400
These can occur when inaccurate or incomplete information is repeatedly suggested to us that we then use to fill in our representation of a past event. For example, when someone tells you something in detail that happened to you (but didn't!) and you then form a representation of that event.  
What are false memories
400
Beliefs about a negative group stereotype that one is a member of can have what type of effect on performance? 
What is negative
400

These methods involves using a reasonable strategy based on previous experience, can be thought of as a short-cut

What are heuristics
400
Theoretically, this procedure should create equivalence across study groups, allowing you to make assumptions about causality of the variable manipulated between the groups.
What is random assignment
500

These are Broader than factual misconceptions, and are often the basis of additional misconceptions 

What are  conceptual misconceptions
500
These result when a student forms incorrect ideas about something and then continues to reinforce those ideas based on those prior representations, leading to continued misconceptions that are difficult to correct
What are mental traps
500

This is when one is at risk of confirming, as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one’s group.

What is stereotype threat (didn't get to this in class, but will come back to it.)
500
The type of problem solving that involves following a specific set of procedures or steps to solve a problem for the exact answer, such as using a mathematical procedure
What are algorithms
500
This is the finding that you will learn the best when your study sessions are across multiple times rather than within one or fewer sessions, even controlling for total study time
What is the spacing effect
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