Self-assessments of diagram boxes are more accurate than comprehension judgments and strongly correlated with them in the diagramming paradigm¶

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q3 i? Self-assessments of correct diagram boxes were significantly more accurate than comprehension judgments for causal relations, and the two judgment types correlated strongly (r = .64). → Pijeira-Díaz 2023

Evidence¶

Pijeira-Díaz 2023¶

Pijeira-Díaz, H. J., van de Pol, J., Channa, F., & de Bruin, A. (2023). Scaffolding self-regulated learning from causal-relations texts: Diagramming and self-assessment to improve metacomprehension accuracy? Metacognition and Learning, 18, 631–658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-023-09343-0

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Experiment with N = 427 secondary students randomized to diagram completion, diagram completion plus self-assessment, or control. A t-test showed self-assessments of correct boxes were "significantly more accurate than comprehension judgments for causal relations"; the correlation between them was r = .64 (R2 = 0.41).

"the self-assessments of correct boxes were significantly more accurate than comprehension judgments for causal relations, t(1605) = –2.993, p = .003, Cohen’s d = −0.150."

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