Diagramming scaffold also improves absolute metacomprehension accuracy for causal relations, extending the effect beyond relative accuracy¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-23 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Both diagramming conditions led to significantly higher absolute metacomprehension accuracy for causal relations than control, but did not differ from each other. → Pijeira-Díaz 2023

Evidence¶

Pijeira-Díaz 2023¶

Pijeira-Díaz, H. J., van de Pol, J., Channa, F., & de Bruin, A. (2023). Scaffolding self-regulated learning from causal-relations texts: Diagramming and self-assessment to improve metacomprehension accuracy? Metacognition and Learning, 18, 631–658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-023-09343-0

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Multilevel analysis of absolute metacomprehension accuracy (judgment and student levels) in the randomized experiment; "both diagramming conditions led to significantly higher accuracy" than control for relations, with no difference between diagramming conditions.

"For causal relations, both diagramming conditions led to significantly higher accuracy (two-tailed p < .030) than the control condition, but the two diagramming conditions did not differ (two-tailed p = .554)."

Discussion¶

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