Effects on and consequences of responses to errors: Results from two experimental studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interest in the potential of learning from errors to benefit innovation and organizational and personal growth is currently increasing. In practice, individuals frequently do not appear to learn spontaneously from errors and setbacks without support. Based on prior work, this paper considers antecedents and consequences of adaptive responses to errors.

Aims

Two experiments with undergraduate students aimed to identify the causal link between beliefs and maintained motivation and the adaptation of actions to the end of analysing and effectively correcting errors.

Samples and methods

In Study 1 (N = 195, 72% female, M = 20.7 years, SD = 3.0), we experimentally manipulated learners' beliefs around the importance of errors to learning, after which they complete

SUBMITTER: Tulis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802961 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature