Accuracy of Judgments of Learning and Restudy Choices When Studying Worked Examples

• In Event: Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Learning and Motivation in Education

Abstract

A student’s own assessment of how well studied information has been learned is called a judgment of learning (JOL). JOLs need to be accurate if a student is to make an accurate judgment about what information needs to be restudied, and therefore JOL accuracy affects the quality of self-regulated learning. Most research on improving monitoring accuracy has focused on learning word pairs or texts. This study focused on a novel domain: learning to solve science problems by studying worked examples. Similar to findings with texts, no difference in monitoring accuracy was found between conditions providing immediate or delayed JOLs. Regulation of restudy choices was more accurate in the immediate JOL condition, though this did not result in higher learning gains.

Authors

• Martine Baars, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Tamara Van Gog, Erasmus University

• Anique De Bruin, Erasmus University

• Fred Paas, Erasmus University