ma prego, fate pure, senza chiedere niente a nessuno... jc Pearson Tested 'Social-Psychological' Messages in Learning Software, With Mixed Results By Benjamin Herold April 17, 2018 New York The idea of inserting "social-psychological interventions" into learning software is gaining steam, raising both hopes and fears about the ways the ed-tech industry might seek to capitalize on recent research into the impact of students' mindsets on their learning. One big new example, presented here today as part of the annual conference of the American Association of Educational Research: Publishing giant Pearson recently conducted an experiment involving more than 9,000 unwitting students at 165 different U.S. colleges and universities. Without seeking prior consent from participating institutions or individuals, the company embedded "growth-mindset" and other psychological messaging into some versions of one of its commercial learning software programs. The company then randomly assigned different colleges to use different versions of that software, tracking whether students who received the messages attempted and completed more problems than their counterparts at other institutions. continua qui: http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25920011&item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org... (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))