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Hunt (1982):  Is this paper important and why?  Self-feedback,metacognition 

                                                     

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 Hunt, D.W (1982).  Effects of Human Self- Assessment Responding on Learning.  Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 67, No. 1, 75-82

 

Quick Summary of the paper...

The main point of this paper was to highlight that the processes by which knowledge and skills are learned are affected by a person's self assessment of the correctness of their own performance.  It aimed to determine if  self assessment (SA) responding affected learning.  This paper examined the effects of self assessment responding on acquisiton rate in paired associates learning.  Particpants were asked to respond to their degree of sureness that a certain answer is correct, either immediately before or after each answer.

The number of trials required for the learners to learn the names of eight tools when using (SA) was compared to subjects in three control groups, who either just performed the learning task or performed the learning task and pressed a single button before or performed the learning task and pressed a single button after. 

 

What is Self- Assessment (SA) Responding?

SA responding requires the learner to indicate how sure they are that a response is correct, by pressing one of several buttons (each button has a different level of sureness).

It was hypothesised that engaging in SA would actually impair the performance of the subjects, since it directs their attention away from the learning task (this was not the case).

 

Is this paper important?

 

 

YES...

 This paper is of importance in some ways and these are outlined below.

 

NO...

 While highlighting some things are crutial for learning the importance of this paper in terms of its implications for learning has to be questioned for several reasons.

 

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Key Reference

 Hunt, D.W (1982).  Effects of Human Self- Assessment Responding on Learning.  Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 67, No. 1, 75-82

 

If you want to know more...

 Black.P  and William. D (2001).  Inside the Black Box. Raising Standards  Through Classroom Assessment.  King’s College London School of Education.

 Muschamp, Y (1991).  Pupil self assessment.  Practical issues in primary education no. 9, Bristol: National Primary Center (South West), 1-8