Perceived mental effort is negatively associated with monitoring judgments (β = -0.19) in a meta-analytic structural equation model¶
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q3 i1 Across 83 independent samples, higher perceived mental effort is associated with lower monitoring judgments of learning. → Louise David 2024
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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 synthesis of 35 papers, 83 independent samples, and 236 effect sizes (N = 3973) using a three-level WPL approach. The full mediation model showed "a negative parameter estimate between mental effort and monitoring judgments was found β = -0.19" with a 95% LBCI excluding zero.
"In support of Hypothesis 1, a negative parameter estimate between mental effort and monitoring judgments was found β = -0.19, 95% LBCI [-0.27; -0.12], indicating that with each unit increase in perceived mental effort, monitoring judgments decrease by 0.19 units on average."
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Related Claims¶
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Perceived mental effort is negatively associated with monitoring judgments (β = -0.19) in a meta-analytic structural equation model |
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Perceived mental effort is negatively associated with monitoring judgments (β = -0.19) in a meta-analytic structural equation model |
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