Error correction support

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Prompting error repair is an instructional method where students are invited to detect and/or correct errors (Reif & Scott; Essay errors...) support is an instructional variable that compares detection and/or correction of errors by the student versus by another agent, e.g., a tutoring system or teacher.

The manipulation may compare student detection of errors to other-agent detection (see McCormick et al study).

The manipulation may compare student correction or explanation of an explicit identified error (see Booth study

The manipulation may compare reinterpreting a correct response as a lucky guess and asking for help--this can be done by either the student or another agent (see Forbes-Riley & Litman study).

Dawn: add examples e.g., noun verb disagreement