Reflecting on Personal Confirmation Bias

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icon_deepdive_52px.png Context of assignment  

This assignment is designed to engage students in identifying confirmation bias in their own research. 
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  • This assignment will be worth [XX] number of points.

icon_target_52px.png Learning outcomes for students

  1. To describe the meaning of confirmation bias.
  2. To reflect on confirmation bias in their personal research/education.
  3. To articulate the dangers / consequences that confirmation bias has on their undrstanding of their personal research/education. 

icon_eye_52px.png What students will need before this assignment

  • Examples of confirmation bias in research.

icon_assignment_52px.png Assignment Instructions

  • Read through the module What to Think About When Thinking About the News
  • Write and submit (in Word as an attachment) a 300-500 word personal essay about confirmation bias, the danger of confirmation bias in research and a time in which you felt you might have experienced this while writing a paper or researching a topic.

 

Adapted from Nancy Colborn's assignment Confirmation Bias Personal Essay.  Rubric created by Jane Bomkamp and Meg Meiman.

 

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Definition of confirmation bias
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Captstone - 3
The student provides a clear and thorough definition of confirmation bias as it relates to their personal research/education.
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The student provides no definition of confirmation bias as it relates to their personal research/education.
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Personal Reflection
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Capstone - 3
The student provides a complete and thoughtful reflection about a time they may have been impacted or experienced confirmation bias in their personal research/education.
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The student provides no reflection on a time they may have been impacted or experienced confirmation bias in their personal research/education.
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Consequences of confirmation bias
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Capstone - 3
The student fully articulates the dangers / consequences that confirmation bias has on their understanding of their personal research/education by providing examples of alternate perspectives.
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The student fails to provide examples of alternate perspectives as examples of the consequence of confirmation bias on their personal education/research.