Underconfidence-with-practice effect: learners overestimate learning after one study trial but underestimate it after repeated restudying¶

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q2 i? Koriat et al. (2002) showed learners overestimate learning after one study trial but underestimate it on second to fourth restudying trials, an effect independent of feedback, pacing, and incentives. → Joachim Wirth 2020

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Joachim Wirth 2020¶

Joachim Wirth, Ferdinand Stebner, Melanie Trypke, Corinna Schuster, & Detlev Leutner. (2020). An Interactive Layers Model of Self-Regulated Learning and Cognitive Load. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09568-4

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Narrative review attributing this to Koriat et al. (2002) on judgments of learning. The review reports the "underconfidence-with-practice" (UWP) effect arises because learning performance increases strongly with restudying while JOLs increase only slightly; no effect size is printed.

"learners overestimate their learning after studying the material once but underestimate their learning when studying the learning material a second, third, or fourth time"

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