Ellen Peters|Brittany Shoots?Reinhard|Mary Kate Tompkins|Dan R. Schley|Louise Meilleur|Aleksander Sinayev|Martin Tusler|Laura Wagner|Jennifer Crocker
Improving numeracy through values affirmation enhances decision and STEM outcomes
The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|Erasmus University Rotterdam|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University
greater numeracy correlated better health financial outcomes past studies causal effects adults unknown 9week longitudinal study undergraduate students taking psychology statistics course randomly assigned control condition valuesaffirmation manipulation intended improve numeracy final week course numeracy intervention statisticscourse enrollment combined values affirmation enhanced objective numeracy subjective numeracy two decisionrelated outcomes financial literacy healthrelated behaviors also showed positive indirectonly effects financial outcomes series stemrelated outcomes course grades intentions take mathintensive courses later mathintensive courses taken based academic transcripts decision stemrelated outcome effects mediated changes objective andor subjective numeracy demonstrated similar robust enhancements improvements abstract numeric reasoning improve everyday outcomes