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ERIC Number: EJ178639
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Teachers' Sensitivity to the Reliability of Information in Making Pedagogical Decisions
Shavelson, Richard J.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, 14, 2, 83-97, Spr 77
One hundred sixty-four subjects (elementary school teachers and graduate students) were told different stories about a fictitious student which varied in reliability and amount of information. Results indicated that the subjects considered the reliability of the information and revised their decisions accordingly. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Informal Assessment, Information Utilization, Reliability, Student Evaluation
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Identifiers: Bayesian Inference; Heuristics