Learners converge toward an unknown other's assumptions after seeing the other's answers and confidence, reducing the distance between their own and the partner's answers¶

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q3 i2 After viewing partner information, the absolute distance between own and partner answers decreased significantly (d = 0.78). → Schnaubert 2021

Evidence¶

Schnaubert 2021¶

Schnaubert, L., Krukowski, S., & Bodemer, D. (2021). Assumptions and confidence of others: the impact of socio-cognitive information on metacognitive self-regulation. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-021-09269-5

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Within-subject experiment (N = 60) in which participants re-judged statements after seeing a computer-generated partner's answers. Distance between own and partner answers fell from 3.02 to 2.62 pre to post adjustment; the paired t-test showed "statistically significant (t(59) = 6.15, p < 0.001, d = 0.78)".

"There was a high correlation between the distances pre and post adjustment ( r = 0.569, p < 0.001) and a paired t-test revealed that the difference between the values was statistically significant (t(59) = 6.15, p < 0.001, d = 0.78)."

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