Abstract
Effective self-regulated learning in settings in which students can decide what tasks to work on, requires accurate self-assessment (i.e., a judgment of own level of performance) as well as accurate task selection (i.e., choosing a subsequent task that fits the current level of performance). Because self-assessment accuracy is often low, task-selection accuracy suffers as well and, consequently, self-regulated learning can lead to suboptimal learning outcomes. Recent studies have shown that a training with video modeling examples enhanced self-assessment accuracy on problem-solving tasks, but the training was not equally effective for every student and, overall, there was room for further improvement in self-assessment accuracy. Therefore, we investigated whether training with video examples followed by feedback focused on self-assessment accuracy would improve subsequent self-assessment and task-selection accuracy in the absence of the feedback. Experiment 1 showed, contrary to our hypothesis, that self-assessment feedback led to less accurate future self-assessments. In Experiment 2, we provided students with feedback focused on self-assessment accuracy plus information on the correct answers, or feedback focused on self-assessment accuracy, plus the correct answers and the opportunity to contrast those with their own answers. Again, however, we found no beneficial effect of feedback on subsequent self-assessment accuracy. In sum, we found no evidence that feedback on self-assessment accuracy improves subsequent accuracy. Therefore, future research should address other ways improving accuracy, for instance by taking into account the cues upon which students base their self-assessments.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-42 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Metacognition and Learning |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2019 |
Keywords
- Self-regulated learning
- Problem solving
- Self-assessment
- Task-selection
- Feedback
- VIDEO MODELING EXAMPLES
- ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT
- SKILL
- METACOGNITION
- EFFICIENCY
- STANDARDS
- KNOWLEDGE