Improving Abstract Reasoning with Scaffolding: The Case of Probabilities and Natural Frequencies

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Abstract reasoning can be supported with the right scaffolding
We are better at understanding probabilities when presented with natural frequencies

Deliberation. Debate. Conversation. Though it can feel like that’s what we are doing online as we trade arguments back and forth, most of the places where we currently gather make it much easier to produce arguments in isolation rather than evaluate them together in groups. The latest research suggests we will need much more of the latter if we hope to create a new, modern, functioning marketplace of ideas. In this episode, psychologist Tom Stafford takes us through his research into how to do just that.

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