Faster ≠ Smarter : Children with Higher Levels of Ability Take
Longer to Give Incorrect Answers, Especially When the Task
Matches Their Ability

J 2023

Faster ≠ Smarter : Children with Higher Levels of Ability Take Longer to Give Incorrect Answers, Especially When the Task Matches Their Ability

TANCOŠ, Martin; Edita CHVOJKA; Michal JABŮREK a Šárka PORTEŠOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Faster ≠ Smarter : Children with Higher Levels of Ability Take Longer to Give Incorrect Answers, Especially When the Task Matches Their Ability

Autoři

TANCOŠ, Martin ; Edita CHVOJKA; Michal JABŮREK a Šárka PORTEŠOVÁ

Vydání

Journal of Intelligence, Basel, MDPI, 2023, 2079-3200

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.800

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/23:00130524

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

response time; distance–difficulty hypothesis; Thissen’s model; F > C phenomenon; game-based assessment; fluid intelligence; balance beam task; IRT

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 9. 6. 2023 15:33, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The stereotype that children who are more able solve tasks quicker than their less capable peers exists both in and outside education. The F > C phenomenon and the distance–difficulty hypothesis offer alternative explanations of the time needed to complete a task; the former by the response correctness and the latter by the relative difference between the difficulty of the task and the ability of the examinee. To test these alternative explanations, we extracted IRT-based ability estimates and task difficulties from a sample of 514 children, 53% girls, M(age) = 10.3 years; who answered 29 Piagetian balance beam tasks. We used the answer correctness and task difficulty as predictors in multilevel regression models when controlling for children’s ability levels. Our results challenge the ‘faster equals smarter’ stereotype. We show that ability levels predict the time needed to solve a task when the task is solved incorrectly, though only with moderately and highly difficult items. Moreover, children with higher ability levels take longer to answer items incorrectly, and tasks equal to children’s ability levels take more time than very easy or difficult tasks. We conclude that the relationship between ability, task difficulty, and answer correctness is complex, and warn education professionals against basing their professional judgment on students’ quickness.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1473/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Meření metakognitivních strategií u dětí

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Meření metakognitivních strategií u dětí

Přiložené soubory

Faster_Smarter.pdf

Citovat

TANCOŠ, Martin; Edita CHVOJKA; Michal JABŮREK a Šárka PORTEŠOVÁ. Faster ≠ Smarter : Children with Higher Levels of Ability Take Longer to Give Incorrect Answers, Especially When the Task Matches Their Ability. Journal of Intelligence. Basel: MDPI, 2023, roč. 11, č. 4, s. 1-19. ISSN 2079-3200. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11040063.

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TANCOŠ, Martin; Edita CHVOJKA; Michal JABŮREK a Šárka PORTEŠOVÁ. Faster ≠ Smarter : Children with Higher Levels of Ability Take Longer to Give Incorrect Answers, Especially When the Task Matches Their Ability. \textit{Journal of Intelligence}. Basel: MDPI, 2023, roč.~11, č.~4, s.~1-19. ISSN~2079-3200. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11040063.

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