ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Concrete and Abstract Fading Can Improve Transfer of Learning in Visual Data Interpretation
- Madison Tyrcha
Weinberg College of Arts and Science, Northwestern University - Cindy Xiong
Northwestern University - Gabriel Belkind
Northwestern University - Joel Shapiro
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management - David Rapp
Northwestern University - Steve Franconeri
Northwestern University
Abstract
"Correlation is not causation" is a familiar topic to most people, however research has found a failure in transfer of learning for this concept. We used concrete-fading theory to create learning modules, and found that fading modules work better than just 3 examples or no training at all.
Teaching
