Feedback improves confidence calibration, and prior lure exposure inflates confidence in intrusions¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2008 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Feedback made confidence estimates almost perfectly correspond to actual proportion correct, whereas no-test and no-feedback conditions showed overconfidence. → Andrew C. Butler and Henry L. Roediger III 2008 q3 i2 Subjects assigned greater confidence to intrusions produced after lure exposure on the multiple-choice test than to intrusions in the no-test condition. → Andrew C. Butler and Henry L. Roediger III 2008 (2)

Evidence¶

Andrew C. Butler and Henry L. Roediger III 2008¶

Andrew C. Butler and Henry L. Roediger III. (2008). Feedback enhances the positive effects and reduces the negative effects of multiple-choice testing. Memory & Cognition, 36(3), 604-616. https://doi.org/10.3758/MC.36.3.604

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Confidence-accuracy correspondence analysis in the 72-participant experiment: delayed-feedback (M = .56) and immediate-feedback (M = .49) proportions correct matched mean confidence estimates (55 and 46), while no-test (M = .14) and no-feedback (M = .31) conditions showed overconfidence. No effect size is printed for this contrast.

"The overall mean proportions correct for the delayed-feedback (M(( .56) and immediate-feedback (M(( .49) conditions were almost identical to the mean confidence estimate (means of 55 an d 46, respect ively)."

Andrew C. Butler and Henry L. Roediger III 2008 (2)¶

Andrew C. Butler and Henry L. Roediger III. (2008). Feedback enhances the positive effects and reduces the negative effects of multiple-choice testing. Memory & Cognition, 36(3), 604-616. https://doi.org/10.3758/MC.36.3.604

q3 · i2 · causal · r2

Confidence ratings on forced-report intrusions: prior lure exposure raised intrusion confidence (overall M = 39) relative to the no-test condition (M = 26), d = .56, suggesting exposure increased belief in the veracity of misinformation.

"subjects assigned greater confidence to intru sions produced in these three conditions (overall M 39) than to those in the no-test condition ( M 26) [t(71) 4.11, SEM 2.98, d .56, prep .99]"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Metacognition — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Self Assessment Accuracy Is Low Without Training — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Feedback on a multiple-choice test sharply reduces lure intrusions on a later cued recall test, with immediate and delayed schedules equally effective — related
• Feedback neutralizes the effect of prior study on final cued recall performance — related
• Verbalized self-reported confidence is overconfident in the mid-confidence range, while consistency-based confidence shows good average calibration but localized failure regions — related
• Taking a multiple-choice test produces a testing effect on later cued recall, but testing without study or feedback can be net harmful — related