Outputs (4)

More than the eye of the beholder: The interplay of person, task, and situation factors in evaluative judgements of creativity (2015)
Journal Article
Birney, D., Beckmann, J., & Seah, Y. (2016). More than the eye of the beholder: The interplay of person, task, and situation factors in evaluative judgements of creativity. Learning and Individual Differences, 51, 400-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.07.007

Judging creativity accurately is difficult. Individuals who are involved in product creation tend to overestimate the creativity of their work; individuals not involved lack understanding of the creative process that led to the product under scrutiny... Read More about More than the eye of the beholder: The interplay of person, task, and situation factors in evaluative judgements of creativity.

A problem shared is learning doubled: Deliberative processing in dyads improves learning in complex dynamic decision-making tasks (2015)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., Birney, D., & Wood, R. (2015). A problem shared is learning doubled: Deliberative processing in dyads improves learning in complex dynamic decision-making tasks. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, 654-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.052

Whilst micro-worlds or simulations have increasingly been used in higher education settings, students do not always benefit as expected from these learning opportunities. By using an experimental-control group design we tested the effectiveness of st... Read More about A problem shared is learning doubled: Deliberative processing in dyads improves learning in complex dynamic decision-making tasks.

Commentary - Of quadrants and fish scales: Reflections on new directions in research in child and adolescent development (2015)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2015). Commentary - Of quadrants and fish scales: Reflections on new directions in research in child and adolescent development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015(147), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20081

In this article, I reflect on how ways of reporting research as well as reviewing and commenting on submitted manuscripts could take new directions to promote progress in the discipline of developmental science. I argue for (a) attitudinal openness t... Read More about Commentary - Of quadrants and fish scales: Reflections on new directions in research in child and adolescent development.

The prediction of success in an ever-changing world: Assessing cognitive flexibility through dynamic testing. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Beckmann, J. (2015). The prediction of success in an ever-changing world: Assessing cognitive flexibility through dynamic testing.

Using tests to assess intellectual capability is seen as a double-edged sword. On one hand it is considered an instrument of perpetuating socio-economic injustice, on the other hand, as it turns out, intelligence tests are the most successful tools a... Read More about The prediction of success in an ever-changing world: Assessing cognitive flexibility through dynamic testing..