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dBias project: Preliminary data alert from online survey on biases!

Bias: Curse of Knowledge
The difficulty of "un-knowing" or putting oneself in the shoes of someone with less knowledge in order to effectively convey information or instructions.

Teachers’ average score: 30/100
Learners’ average score: 36/100

Scale: 0 least biased -100 most biased
Number of participants: 1203 (teachers - 318, learners - 885)

Curious how you measure up? Go to https://testmenow.eu/, watch and react to short videos or tasks, and get an individual report with insights!
We will publish our full report when we process all data (over 21,000 data points!)
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Testmenow.eu | What would YOU do in that situation? We want to take this opportunity and invite you to participate in a study of how people behave and react in situations related to learning and teaching. This study takes place entirely online, and your contribution will help us design a better learning environment for everyone.

We are studying behaviours in situations related to teaching and learning and are focusing on how people react when they have too little information, too much information, or take shortcuts in interpreting available information according to their previous experience, beliefs and preconceptions. This is an international study and it is available in 10 languages (BG, DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, SR and TR). The results will help us develop better teaching strategies and improve teacher-learner communication, and understand some additional pathways that come into play when we think and work on the topic of disinformation.

Curious? Sign-up for the online video-based test at testmenow.eu and get an individual report with insights on your own behavioural choices at the end of June, when we expect that sufficient data will have been collected. If you are an educator and wish to have a summary report for your students, get in touch with Andy Stoycheff to receive a group code. Participation is free and voluntary, and every additional user will help us get more meaningful and actionable data - thank you for contributing!

Testmenow.eu | What would YOU do in that situation? We want to take this opportunity and invite you to participate in a study of how people behave and react in situations related to learning and teaching. This study takes place entirely online, and your contribution will help us design a better learning environment for everyone.

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