Relationships between Stimulus Variation and the Formation of Misconceptions
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Educational Research
- Vol. 74 (2), 106-110
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.1980.10885292
Abstract
Two studies were conducted to determine the relationship between systematic stimulus variation and the formation of misconceptions. Experiment 1 compared five levels of stimulus variation between positive and negative examples, and Experiment 2 compared two levels of stimulus variation among positive examples. Misconceptions were fewer with minimal variation between positive and negative examples and maximal relevant variation among positive examples.Keywords
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