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Peer reviewedSieber, Joan E. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
Conditions under which confidence estimation facilitates problem solving were examined in a study assessing spelling, mathematics, and reasoning. Participants who used a confidence estimation procedure and whose teacher valued and nurtured warranted uncertainty performed better on spelling and improved more than did other participants. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Confidence Testing, Individual Differences, Inservice Teacher Education
