Relations between SRL phase frequency/diversity and illness script activation were mixed across cases: more frequent and diverse transitions were sometimes beneficial (Cases 2, 4) and sometimes detrimental (Cases 1, 3, 5)¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q2
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q2 i? Ordinal logistic regressions showed significant relations between illness script activation and SRL phase frequencies, transitions, complexity and entropy within each case, but the direction of effects varied by case. → Cloude 2025 q2 i? Across all cases, there were no significant relations between illness script activation and expertise (ps > 0.05), which did not support the hypothesis that experts perform better. → Cloude 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Cloude 2025¶

Cloude, E. B., Chapman, R., Azevedo, R., Castiglioni, A., LaRochelle, J., Hernandez, C., & Torre, D. (2025). Novice and expert self-regulated learning phase transitions in medical diagnosis: Implications for adaptive and intelligent systems. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-025-09729-4

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Ordinal logistic regression models predicting rubric-scored illness script activation per case (five separate models; predictors were phase frequencies, transitions, complexity, entropy). The authors summarize that transitions were sometimes "beneficial (Case 2, 4)" and other times "detrimental" (Cases 1, 3, 5).

"Interestingly, there were mixed results for the frequency and diversity of SRL phase transitions, where sometimes it was beneficial (Case 2, 4), but other times, detrimental to illness script activation to initiate more frequent and diverse SRL phases (Case 1, 3, 5)."

Cloude 2025 (2)¶

Cloude, E. B., Chapman, R., Azevedo, R., Castiglioni, A., LaRochelle, J., Hernandez, C., & Torre, D. (2025). Novice and expert self-regulated learning phase transitions in medical diagnosis: Implications for adaptive and intelligent systems. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-025-09729-4

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Expertise predictor in the same per-case regression models showed no significant relations with illness script activation (ps > 0.05); a non-significant result with no printed effect size, so equivalence was not tested.

"Across all cases, there were no significant relations between illness script activation and expertise (ps > 0.05). This result did not support H3, where we expected experts to perform better than novices."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The relation between medical expertise and diagnostic accuracy was case-dependent: positive for Case 4, negative for Case 1 (novices outperformed experts), and absent for Cases 2, 3, and 5 — related
• Novices showed marginally higher complexity of SRL phase sequences than experts (frequent but predictable transitions), with no group differences in entropy or transition number — related
• SRL phase transitions during clinical reasoning with a multimedia system are frequent, cyclical, and dominated by Forethought→Performance and Performance→Forethought transitions — related
• Experts verbalized fewer SRL phases overall than novices during clinical reasoning, with feelings of uncertainty almost absent among experts — related
• Self-regulated dropping of already-known items during restudy conferred no significant learning advantage and was sometimes mildly detrimental — related
• Through experience with real cases, causal knowledge transforms into narrative illness scripts — related
• The third phase of expertise development uses episodic memories of actual patients in diagnosing new cases — related