Adults who answered health math problems correctly reported higher monitoring judgments than those who answered incorrectly, with larger differences at posttest than pretest¶

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q3 i0 Accurate responders reported higher monitoring judgments than inaccurate responders on all problems, with the smallest difference at pretest (d = 0.16) and posttest d's between 0.30 and 0.42. → Scheibe 2022

Evidence¶

Scheibe 2022¶

Scheibe, D. A., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Mielicki, M. K., Taber, J. M., Sidney, P. G., Coifman, K., & Thompson, C. A. (2022). Confidence in COVID problem solving: What factors predict adults’ item-level metacognitive judgments on health-related math problems before and after an educational intervention? Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-022-09300-3

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Independent-samples t-tests comparing monitoring judgments of accurate vs. inaccurate responders in the 1,177-participant sample. The pretest difference was "t(1175) = 2.81, p < 0.01, d = 0.16"; posttest d's ranged 0.30–0.42, suggesting group-level metacognitive awareness.

"the difference between accurate and inaccurate responders on monitoring judgments was smallest at pretest, t(1175) = 2.81, p < 0.01, d = 0.16, compared to posttest d’s between 0.30 and 0.42"

Discussion¶

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