Figure 1
Box-and-whisker plot of student responses to the vignette with and without the low anchor.
Figure 2
Months of imprisonment imposed by male and female students after reading a scenario in which the victim of assault was a woman (Group 1), the victim of assault was a man (Group 2), or the victim of a sexual assault was a woman (Group 3).
Table 1
Number of participants (n) and successes (x) per group (control/treatment) and scenario (A/B). Success x is defined as the choice of the ‘non-political’ legal basis under treatment conditions. The average treatment effect ATE is calculated as The hypothesis predicted the ATE to have a positive sign, meaning that political treatment makes the choice of the ‘non-political’ legal basis more likely.
| Draft law | ncontrol | ntreatment | xcontrol | xtreatment | ATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 45 | 42 | 18 | 22 | 12.4% |
| B | 42 | 45 | 2 | 13 | 24.1% |
| A + B | 87 | 87 | 20 | 35 | 17.2% |
Table 2
Student perception of in-class experiments (n = 28). We asked in total 35 students (response rate = 80%) from two different law classes in which in-class experiments were used.
| Comprehension and learning experience | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Somewhat Agree | Neither agree nor Disagree | Somewhat Disagree | Disagree | Strongly Disagree |
| Q1: Do you think in-class experiments facilitate comprehension of the class materials? | ||||||
| 21% | 50% | 18% | 7% | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Q2: Do you think in-class experiments are helpful for understanding empirical research? | ||||||
| 32% | 39% | 21% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Q3: Do you think in-class experiments make the learning experience more enjoyable? | ||||||
| 39% | 39% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Educational use and relevance for legal practice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitely yes | Probably yes | Might or might not | Probably not | Definitely not |
| Q4: Would you endorse broader use of in-class experiments as a teaching technique in law schools? | ||||
| 32% | 50% | 11% | 7% | 0% |
| Q5: Do you think in-class experiments help you to better understand the practical application of the law? | ||||
| 32% | 39% | 21% | 4% | 4% |