Retrospective bias in test performance: Providing easy items at the beginning of a test makes students believe they did better on it.

We examined the effect of three variables (test list structure, report option, and framing) on retrospective bias in global evaluations of test performance (postdictions). Participants answered general knowledge questions and estimated correctness of their performance after each block. The ordering...

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Publicado en:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 366 - 377
Autores principales:	Weinstein, Yana, Roediger, Henry L.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. April 2010
Materias:	Psychology of college students Metacognition Examinations Test design
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