Jump to content

Plateau effect

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ariovistus (talk | contribs) at 10:32, 17 January 2009 (new). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Curve exhibiting a plateau between steeply ascending sections.

A Plateau effect occurs when a formally effective measure ceases to cause further change. For example, plateau effects may appear in learning, when students experience a dwindling benefit from their learning effort.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lyster, R.: Differential effects of prompts and recasts in form-focused instruction. In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition #26 (2004), pp. 399-432.