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Publication Date: 2015
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Students' Confidence in Their Performance Judgements: A Comparison of Different Response Scales
Händel, Marion; Fritzsche, Eva Susanne
Educational Psychology, v35 n3 p377-395 2015
We report results of two studies on metacognitive accuracy with undergraduate education students. Participating students were asked to judge their personal performance in a multiple-choice exam as well as to state their confidence in their performance judgement (second-order judgement [SOJ]). In each study, we compared four conditions that differed in the type of the presented 5-point confidence scale for SOJs. In Study 1, four bipolar scales with different labels were applied; in Study 2, unipolar and bipolar scales were implemented. The results of Study 1 with N?=?420 students show that undergraduates on average provided accurate performance estimations. However, students were not aware of their judgement accuracy, shown by a low fit of SOJ and judgement accuracy. In addition, the type of provided scale significantly influenced the SOJs. Study 2 with N?=?348 students replicated the findings of the first study and gave further insight into the effects of uni- vs. bipolar response scales.
Descriptors: Accuracy, Self Efficacy, Self Concept Measures, Undergraduate Students, Multiple Choice Tests, Confidence Testing, Performance Based Assessment, Investigations, Competence, Student Attitudes, Likert Scales, Goodness of Fit, Student Teachers, Educational Psychology, Predictive Validity, Predictive Measurement
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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