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Dutke, Stephan; Barenberg, Jonathan – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2015
We introduce a specific type of item for knowledge tests, confidence-weighted true-false (CTF) items, and review experiences of its application in psychology courses. A CTF item is a statement about the learning content to which students respond whether the statement is true or false, and they rate their confidence level. Previous studies using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Psychology, Objective Tests
Osguthorpe, Russell T.; And Others – 1976
A 4 x 4 factorial experiment was conducted with 152 college age volunteers to investigate the effects of different forms of mathemagenic information (algorithms, heuristics, attribute elaboration, and attribute isolation) on concept acquisition. Results showed that both definition and instance presentation had a significant effect on students'…
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Confidence Testing