Low-confidence judgments on one problem predict better strategy selection on the immediately following problem, equally in young and older adults¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Phi correlations between RCJ on one problem and better strategy selection on the next were significantly negative in both tasks and both age groups, and remained significant after partialling out current-problem selection. → Marie Geurten & Patrick Lemaire 2017 q3 i? Age differences in the size of these regulation correlations were not significant. → Marie Geurten & Patrick Lemaire 2017

Evidence¶

Marie Geurten & Patrick Lemaire 2017¶

Marie Geurten & Patrick Lemaire. (2017). Metacognition for Strategy Selection during Arithmetic Problem Solving in Young and Older Adults. https://www.google.com/search?q=Metacognition+for+Strategy+Selection+during+Arithmetic+Problem+Solving+in+Young+and+Older+Adults

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Trial-by-trial phi correlations between RCJ (coded 0/1 around each participant's mean) and next-problem better-strategy selection in 66 adults: "φyoung = -.54 and φold = -.44" (selection-only) and "φyoung = -.31 and φold = -.49" (selection-execution), all ps < .01. No effect size beyond phi printed.

"The correlation between participants' confidence judgments on one problem and better strategy selection on the following problem significantly differed from 0 in both the selection-only task (φyoung = -.54 and φold = -.44) and in the selection-execution tasks (φyoung = -.31 and φold = -.49), all ps < .01"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Young and older adults make accurate retrospective confidence judgments but not prospective ease-of-selection judgments about their arithmetic strategy selections — related
• Older adults show higher retrospective metacognitive accuracy than young adults in the selection-only task, especially on homogeneous unit-digit problems, but comparable accuracy in the selection-execution task — related
• Retrospective metacognitive accuracy for strategy selection is higher in the selection-only task than the selection-execution task and on homogeneous than heterogeneous unit-digit problems — related
• Collecting metacognitive judgments did not disrupt typical strategy selection and execution: both age groups selected the better strategy more on rounding-up homogeneous problems and executed rounding-down faster on homogeneous problems — related
• Eliciting confidence ratings leads to poorer metacognitive monitoring in older adults — related