Using implicit measures to highlight science teachers’ implicit theories of intelligence

Using implicit measures to highlight science teachers’ implicit theories of intelligence

Using an innovative method, a Single-Target Implicit Association Test (ST-IAT) was created to explore the implicit theories of intelligence among science and liberal arts teachers and their relationships with their gender. The results showed that for science teachers—especially for male teachers—there was a negative implicit association between “intelligence” and “modifiable” stimuli, whereas l...

Preservice and Inservice Teachers’ Implicit Theories of Intelligence

Implicit theories and ability emotional intelligence

Previous research has shown that people differ in their implicit theories about the essential characteristics of intelligence and emotions. Some people believe these characteristics to be predetermined and immutable (entity theorists), whereas others believe that these characteristics can be changed through learning and behavior training (incremental theorists). The present study provides evide...

Measuring the Effectiveness of Explicit and Implicit Instruction through Explicit and Implicit Measures

Many studies have examined the effect of different approaches to teaching grammar including explicit and implicit instruction. However, research in this area is limited in a number of respects. One such limitation pertains to the issue of construct validity of the measures, i.e. the knowledge developed through implicit instruction has been measured through instruments which favor th...

An Exploration of Implicit Attitudes Towards Robots Using Implicit Measures

Given the importance of setting accurate expectations of robot capabilities in humans, we explore how people form implicit competence judgments toward a robot over a prolonged interaction, and how durable those implicit judgments are. We created a live interaction between a robot deli cashier and a human customer. The robot displays a competent behavior followed by: another competent behavior (...