Learners with lower own confidence are more inclined to change their assumption in the face of disagreement¶
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q3 i3 Within-subject correlations between own confidence and change under disagreement were significantly negative (mean coefficient M = -0.43; d = 1.16), and mean own confidence was lower for changed than persisted answers (d = 1.01). → Schnaubert 2021
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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 testing hypothesis 1b with point-biserial rank correlations between confidence and change in the face of disagreements; the mean coefficient was M = -0.43 (SD = 0.37) and the one-sample t-test showed "a significant deviation from zero (t(47) = − 8.03, p < 0.001, d = 1.16)". A paired t-test on mean confidence (changed 2.13 vs persisted 3.39) also reached significance (t(50) = − 7.71, p < 0.001, d = 1.01).
"The result showed a significant deviation from zero (t(47) = − 8.03, p < 0.001, d = 1.16)."
Discussion¶
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Learners with lower own confidence are more inclined to change their assumption in the face of disagreement |
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Learners with lower own confidence are more inclined to change their assumption in the face of disagreement |
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2021 |
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2026-10-20 |
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