Correcting a Metacognitive Error: Feedback Increases Retention of Low-Confidence Correct Responses

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 918 - 928
• Main Authors: Butler, Andrew C, Karpicke, Jeffrey D, Roediger, Henry L., III
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01.07.2008
• Subjects: Attitude; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cues; Error Correction; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Humans; Knowledge Level; Memory; Mental Recall; Metacognition; Multiple Choice Tests; Recall (Psychology); Responses; Retention (Psychology); Undergraduate Students

Previous studies investigating posttest feedback have generally conceptualized feedback as a method for correcting erroneous responses, giving virtually no consideration to how feedback might promote learning of correct responses. Here, the authors show that when correct responses are made with low...