Confirmation Bias
Publication Type:
Web ArticleYear of Publication:
2008URL:
http://skepdic.com/confirmbias.htmlAbstract:
This entry in the Skeptic's Dictionary offers an interesting definition of confirmation bias, or the tendency to sort through incoming life data subconsciously using experience to confirm what we already “know.” This brief article is an accessible entree for teachers to consider their own biases, in terms of both student and colleague interactions.
