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    "pk": 26140,
    "title": "The impact of biased hypothesis generation on self-directed learning",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Self-directed learning confers a number of advantages relativeto passive observation, including the ability to test hypothe-ses rather than learn from data generated by the environment.However, it remains unclear to what extent self-directed learn-ing is constrained by basic cognitive processes and how thoselimits are related to the structure of the to-be-learned material.The present study examined how hypothesis generation af-fects the success of self-directed learning of categorical rules.Two experiments manipulated the hypothesis generation pro-cess and assessed its impact on the ability to learn 1D and 2Drules. Performance was strongly influenced by whether thestimulus representation facilitated the generation of hypothe-ses consistent with the target rule. Broadly speaking, the find-ings suggest that the opportunity to actively gather informa-tion is not enough to guarantee successful learning, and thatthe efficacy of self-directed learning closely depends on howhypothesis generation is shaped by the structure of the learn-ing environment.",
    "language": "eng",
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "self-directed learning"
        },
        {
            "word": "category learning"
        },
        {
            "word": "activelearning"
        },
        {
            "word": "information search"
        },
        {
            "word": "hypothesis generation"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bw050s2",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Doug",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Markant",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Max Planck Institute for Human Development",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2016-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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