Perceived mental effort has a negative indirect association with learning outcomes, mediated by monitoring judgments (β = -0.05)¶
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q3 i0 The indirect effect of perceived mental effort on learning outcomes via monitoring judgments is negative and significant but small (β = -0.05), indicating effort is routed through monitoring as a cue. → Louise David 2024
Evidence¶
Louise David 2024¶
Louise David, Felicitas Biwer, Martine Baars, Lisette Wijnia, Fred Paas, Anique de Bruin. (2024). The Relation Between Perceived Mental Effort, Monitoring Judgments, and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09903-z
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MASEM full mediation model (effort → monitoring → outcomes) fit the data well (χ2(1) = 2.57, p = 0.1; RMSEA 0.01; CFI 0.98) and was preferred over the saturated partial mediation model. The indirect path was "a negative parameter estimate was found β = -0.05".
"In support of Hypothesis 3, representing the indirect effect between mental effort and learning outcomes via monitoring judgments, a negative parameter estimate was found β = -0.05, 95% LBCI [-0.08; -0.03]."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Perceived mental effort serves as a cue for monitoring judgments, which mediate the effort–outcome relation (David et al., 2024 meta-analysis) — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Perceived mental effort is negatively associated with monitoring judgments (β = -0.19) in a meta-analytic structural equation model — related
- Students use invested mental effort as a cue when judging their learning, and self-rated mental effort is negatively related to judgments of learning — related
- Effort appraisals correlate negatively with monitoring judgments: high mental effort is associated with poorer performance judgments — related
- Subjective effort ratings are affected by invalid cues and only weakly valid as cues to judged learning outcomes — related
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Perceived mental effort has a negative indirect association with learning outcomes, mediated by monitoring judgments (β = -0.05) |
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Perceived mental effort has a negative indirect association with learning outcomes, mediated by monitoring judgments (β = -0.05) |
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