Biases and Prejudging Students
The work by Darley and Gross, as documented in their paper, A Hypothesis-Confirming Bias in Labeling Effects, gives a troubling example of how preconceptions can cause an educator not only…
Performance: Getting Past Belief to Reality
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is generally defined as a cognitive bias in which individuals incorrectly OVERESTIMATE their abilities or knowledge in a specific area. A typical example is if we take…