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Peer reviewedLundeberg, Mary A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1994
Gender differences in item-specific confidence judgments were studied for 70 male and 181 female college students. Gender differences in confidence were dependent on context and the domain being tested. Both men and women were overconfident, but men were especially overconfident when incorrect. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Confidence Testing, Context Effect, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedBowen, G. Michael; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Research in Science Education, 1999
Describes an investigation into the accuracy of high school science students' confidence in their answers on classroom tests, how that accuracy varied between different types of questions, and whether having to judge their confidence in test items resulted in an improvement in accuracy over the school year. Contains 33 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Anatomy, Biology, Cognitive Processes
