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Peer reviewedWebb, James M.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1994
Effects of immediate and delayed feedback on learning were studied in 2 experiments involving 120 undergraduate students. Subjects answered 90 general information multiple-choice items on 2 different occasions 1 week apart. Subjects rated their confidence in their responses. Results provide support for the Kulhavy and Stock model and the…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Feedback, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Rippey, Robert M.; Voytovich, Anthony E. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1983
Describes a computer-based method of confidence-testing, available in batch processing and interactive form, which improves a student's ability to assess probabilities during clinical diagnosis. The methods and results of three experiments are presented. (EAO)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Testing, Confidence Testing, Decision Making
Download full textMann, Doug – 1993
Studies in psychology and clinical decision making have shown that research subjects and physicians are often overconfident in the accuracy of their judgments. In these studies, groups of 20 first-year and 27 third-year osteopathic medical students at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Athens) were slightly underconfident in…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Confidence Testing
