Title

Benefiting From Mistakes: The Impact Of Guided Errors On Learning, Performance, And Self-Efficacy

Abstract

We conducted an experiment using training in a software package for presentations. Ninety undergraduate students with no previous experience received either training that guided them to commit common errors or alternatively training that sought to prevent errors from occurring. From previous research and relevant theory, a typology for manipulating errors is presented. In addition, we offer and test a new way of using errors in training, based on guided errors. Before training, a subject matter expert identified common errors that occur when first learning the software package. Trainees in the guided-errors condition were then guided into and out of mistakes during training. Findings revealed superior performance (accuracy and speed) and self-efficacy associated with using guided errors during training. Study limitations and implications for research and practice are also discussed. Copyright © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publication Date

9-1-2005

Publication Title

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volume

16

Issue

3

Number of Pages

301-322

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.1141

Socpus ID

33747178054 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33747178054

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