Training Structural Awareness with StatHand: A 1 Year Follow-Up

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Peter J.; Fielding, Jessica L.; Westermann, Annabel H.; Lafratta, Amelia M.
Titel	Training Structural Awareness with StatHand: A 1 Year Follow-Up
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 49 (2022) 2, S.136-143 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Allen, Peter J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628320985080
Schlagwörter	Statistical Analysis; Statistics Education; Instructional Effectiveness; Selection; Computer Uses in Education; Research Design; Research Training; Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistische Analyse; Unterrichtserfolg; Auslese; Computernutzung; Forschungsdesign
Abstract	Background: Allen, Fielding, East, et al. demonstrated experimentally that structural awareness, or the ability to disregard a research problem's topic and instead focus on its structural features, can be trained using StatHand (https://stathand.net). Most training benefits persisted for 1 week. Objective: The objective was to assess the longer-term effects of training. Method: One year after training (or control activities), 54 participants were re-administered 5 measures of structural awareness and 1 statistic selection measure. Results: Trained participants continued to reliably out-perform control participants on 4 measures of structural awareness, though no longer on the 5th. Over the year, decrements in trained participants' performance on the 5 structural awareness measures were mostly small. However, 1 year after training, the trained participants' statistic selection advantage had largely disappeared. Conclusion: Brief structural awareness training can have long-term benefits, though selecting an appropriate statistical test for common research scenarios without assistance remains a difficult task. Teaching Implications: Structural awareness can be trained. However, even structurally aware students cannot reliably select appropriate statistics without assistance. Training plus easy access to a decision-making aid should maximize statistic selection accuracy. Our evidence-based training methods and materials, including StatHand, can be freely used and adapted for these purposes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01