Participants' feedback-skipping decisions diverge from the optimal computer algorithm: they skip after some incorrect responses and fail to skip after many correct responses¶
Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2010 · checked against its sources 2026-10-21 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
Subclaims¶
Reading the evidence codes
q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r
the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.
This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.
q3 i? Participants skipped feedback after an average of 15% of incorrect responses, while the computer never did, and failed to skip after roughly one in three correct responses, while the computer always skipped those. → Matthew Jensen Hays 2010
Evidence¶
Matthew Jensen Hays 2010¶
Matthew Jensen Hays, Nate Kornell, and Robert A. Bjork. (2010). The costs and benefits of providing feedback during learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.17.6.797
q3 · i? · causal · r2
Skipping-behavior analysis across the first four cycles of the skipping-permitted lists; both divergence types were reliable in the printed statistics, yet overall skipping frequency did not differ by controller.
"the participants chose to skip feedback after an average of 15% (SD 5 16%) of their incorrect responses. The computer never skipped this feedback."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Learners' self-assessments of response correctness are imperfect, with asymmetric error rates for incorrect and correct responses — related
- Final recall does not differ reliably between participant-controlled and computer-controlled feedback skipping — related
- Participants' willingness to skip feedback after correct responses increases substantially across retrieval-practice cycles — related
- When total learning time is fixed, permitting learners to skip feedback after retrieval improves delayed final recall compared with mandatory feedback — related
- The opt-out and curiosity–accuracy findings replicate in a larger UK sample (Experiment 3A) — related
- Heuristic cues — response time, familiarity, problem complexity, and context reinstating — guide opting-out decisions — related
Page metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
type |
claim |
id |
skipping-decisions-diverge-from-computer |
title |
Participants' feedback-skipping decisions diverge from the optimal computer algorithm: they skip after some incorrect responses and fail to skip after many correct responses |
description |
Participants' feedback-skipping decisions diverge from the optimal computer algorithm: they skip after some incorrect responses and fail to skip after many correct responses |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2010 |
source_checked |
2026-10-21 |
generated |
by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-16 |
trust |
unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
1 — matthew-jensen-hays-2010 |
Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.