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Flashcard 1
Q: What is self-managed learning?
A: The ability to independently initiate, regulate, and direct one’s learning process throughout life.

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Q: Why are intuitions about learning often unreliable?
A: Because our introspections do not always align with research-based strategies for effective learning.

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Q: What societal assumption affects learning strategies?
A: The belief that individuals naturally acquire learning skills without needing explicit instruction.

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Q: What is retrieval-induced forgetting?
A: The phenomenon where retrieving certain information makes competing information less accessible.

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Q: What are desirable difficulties?
A: Learning challenges that may seem to slow progress but ultimately enhance long-term retention and transfer.

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Q: Why is retrieval practice important for learning?
A: Because retrieving information strengthens memory more effectively than additional studying.

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Q: How does human memory differ from a recording device?
A: It reconstructs information based on meaning, prior knowledge, and context rather than storing exact copies.

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Q: What is metacognitive monitoring?
A: The process of assessing one’s own learning progress and understanding.

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Q: What is hindsight bias?
A: The tendency to believe, after learning information, that we "knew it all along."

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Q: What is foresight bias?
A: The overconfidence that we will recall information later simply because it feels familiar during study.

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Q: How does spacing study sessions improve learning?
A: It enhances retention by spreading learning over time rather than cramming.

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Q: What is interleaving, and why is it effective?
A: Mixing different topics or skills during practice, which improves learning by reinforcing distinctions between concepts.

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Q: Why is passive reading not an effective learning strategy?
A: Because memory storage requires active engagement, such as connecting and elaborating on new information.

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Q: What role do cues play in memory retrieval?
A: They trigger stored information, but their absence in new contexts can make recall difficult.

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Q: How does testing oneself aid learning?
A: It strengthens recall and highlights gaps in knowledge, improving future retrieval.

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Q: What are the two main methods researchers use to study students' learning strategies?
A: Administering questionnaires about strategy use and examining how students use strategies in a laboratory setting.

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Q: What is the general conclusion about students' use of learning strategies?
A: Many students use ineffective strategies (e.g., rereading) and believe they are effective, while some use effective strategies that contribute to achievement.

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Q: What is the MSLQ, and what does it measure?
A: The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), which includes 81 items measuring 15 subscales related to student motivation and strategy use.

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Q: What are the four subscales of the MSLQ that measure general learning strategies?
A: Elaboration, Rehearsal, Organization, and Critical Thinking.

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Q: What did Crede & Phillips (2011) find about the relationship between these strategies and student grades?
A: The relationships were low and sometimes nonsignificant, as some strategies may not be effective for all types of exams, and differences in scale interpretation may affect results.

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Q: Why is self-testing considered an effective strategy?
A: It promotes elaboration and organization, boosting student performance.

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Q: What percentage of students reported rereading and self-testing in surveys?
A: 76% reported rereading whole chapters or underlined sections, while around 90% reported using self-testing in some fashion.

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Q: What discrepancy exists between self-reported and free-response survey data on self-testing?
A: Only 11% of students mentioned practicing retrieval when asked openly, while 42% endorsed its use when given a forced-choice question.

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Q: Why do students often undervalue self-testing?
A: Many believe it is primarily for self-evaluation rather than enhancing learning, and 70% use self-testing to check their learning rather than improve it.

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Q: How do students typically use flashcards?
A: Mainly for learning vocabulary, recalling responses multiple times to improve retention, but often using them only a day or two before exams (cramming).

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Q: What do students’ self-paced study habits reveal?
A: They prefer to restudy items they previously failed to recall, allocate more time to difficult items, but may not reach mastery, and sometimes focus on easier items first.

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Q: What habitual biases affect students' study time allocation?
A: Native English speakers choose items left-to-right or top-down instead of prioritizing difficulty, and many students passively reread instead of engaging in active learning.

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Q: Do students prefer spaced or massed study?
A: In experiments, they space study more than they mass it, but they underestimate spacing’s effectiveness and believe massed study (cramming) is better.

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Q: What did Tauber et al. (2012) find about students’ study choices?
A: 75% preferred massed study over interleaved study, and many predicted higher performance with blocked practice.

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Q: Why do students stop studying prematurely?
A: They stop once they believe they have learned the material, even though another retrieval attempt would further enhance learning.

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Q: Do students prefer to restudy or test themselves?
A: They often choose practice tests, especially with feedback, but most use practice tests to evaluate learning rather than enhance it.

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Q: What are the key takeaways from this research?
A: Many students use effective strategies but do not fully benefit from them, misconceptions about study techniques limit learning, and improved awareness of strategies can enhance academic success.

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Q: Why are judgments of learning (JOLs) important?
A: They help students decide when to stop studying and influence study effectiveness and future performance.

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Q: What is a judgment of learning (JOL)?
A: A prediction of future memory performance and a self-assessment of how well material has been learned.

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Q: How accurate are JOLs?
A: Accuracy varies and affects study effectiveness, with poor accuracy leading to overconfidence or underconfidence in learning.

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Q: What are the two main views on how people make JOLs?
A: Direct-access view (memory strength is directly measured) and Inferential view (judgments based on indirect cues).

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Q: What are belief-based and experience-based cues?
A: Belief-based cues come from conscious beliefs about memory, while experience-based cues come from direct experiences like familiarity.

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Q: How do belief-based and experience-based cues interact?
A: People often prioritize experience-based cues, relying on fluency over study opportunities.

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Q: What is stability bias?
A: The tendency to assume memory will not change in the future, leading to underconfidence in learning potential and overconfidence in current knowledge.

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Q: What is the delayed JOL effect?
A: JOLs are more accurate when made after a delay rather than immediately after studying, as delayed judgments better reflect long-term retention.

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Q: How does response time influence JOLs?
A: Faster responses lead to higher JOLs, but slower responses sometimes indicate better long-term recall.

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Q: What is the main takeaway about JOLs?
A: They are influenced by a mix of beliefs and experiences, and improving JOL accuracy can enhance study effectiveness and academic performance.

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Flashcard 43
Q: What is fluency in the context of metacognitive judgments?
A: Fluency is the sense of ease or speed during the perceptual processing of information or the retrieval of information from memory.

Flashcard 44
Q: How does retrieval fluency influence judgment?
A: Retrieval fluency is the ease with which information is retrieved from memory, and while it is useful in judging how well something is known, it can also create illusions of knowing, especially when influenced by factors like priming.

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Q: What was demonstrated by Kelley & Lindsay (1993) regarding retrieval fluency?
A: They showed that confidence in answering general-knowledge questions was increased when answers were previously exposed, even if incorrect, due to the sense of familiarity or ease of retrieval.

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Q: What is encoding fluency?
A: Encoding fluency is the subjective feeling of how easy or difficult it is to learn a piece of information, which can influence study decisions.

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Q: How does perceptual fluency affect judgments?
A: Items that are easier to process perceptually are judged as more memorable, even if they are not more memorable in reality, leading to potential misjudgments in learning.

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Q: How does perceptual fluency influence learning in classroom settings?
A: Students tend to judge information as learned more easily when it appears fluent, such as text in large fonts, but research suggests that disfluent conditions (e.g., small fonts) may enhance actual learning.

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Q: What is the benefit of interleaving in learning?
A: Interleaving study sessions enhances learning by promoting comparisons and contrasts between different concepts, leading to better retention and transfer of knowledge.

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Q: What is a "desirable difficulty" in learning?
A: Desirable difficulties are techniques like spacing, interleaving, and testing that make learning more challenging during acquisition but enhance long-term retention.

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Q: Why can errors be beneficial in learning?
A: Making errors, especially when done with high confidence, can create opportunities for learning and improve long-term retention, as demonstrated by the hypercorrection effect.

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Q: How do overattributing differences in performance to innate ability affect learning?
A: Overemphasizing innate ability and underestimating the power of practice and effort can limit learners' potential and hinder their capacity for growth and learning.

Flashcard 53
Q: Why is assuming that learning should be easy counterproductive?
A: Learning requires effort and active participation. The assumption that learning should be easy can lead to ineffective strategies, while true learning involves effort to make connections and generate examples.

Flashcard 54
Q: Why do students ask about the test format?
A: Students often ask about the test format to regulate their study methods, as they might study differently for multiple-choice vs. essay tests. However, active learning techniques like elaboration and self-testing are essential for better retention, regardless of the test format.

Flashcard 55
Q: Is copying notes an effective study method?
A: Simply copying notes verbatim is passive and ineffective. However, rewriting or reorganizing notes encourages active organizational and elaborative processing, which is valuable. Self-testing by trying to recall notes without looking at them is also an effective study method that boosts learning.

Flashcard 56
Q: Does cramming work for studying?
A: Cramming can produce short-term success, especially if a student is not well-prepared before the exam. It works well for quick recall but is not effective for long-term retention. To retain information for a longer period, students should space out their study sessions over multiple days and review the material the night before the test.

Flashcard 57
Q: Why might a student do worse than expected on a test?
A: Students often overestimate their preparedness due to cognitive biases, such as hindsight bias (thinking they knew the material all along) and foresight bias (underestimating the difficulty of recalling information during the test). To avoid this, students should engage in meaningful self-testing to assess their true understanding of the material.

Flashcard 58
Q: How much time should students spend studying?
A: Simply spending more time studying isn’t enough if it’s not productive. Effective studying requires both high-quality study methods and adequate time spent on studying. It's important for students to manage their time well and avoid distractions, such as social media or multitasking during study sessions.

Flashcard 59
Q: What is the best way to study for good grades and school success?
A: The answer depends on the subject, but generally, self-testing and spacing study sessions are effective strategies. Other strategies, like summarizing material, may not always help, particularly for students who struggle with writing or for subjects like physics. Group study can be effective if it involves active participation, such as testing each other and providing feedback, rather than passive activities like chatting or letting one person take the lead.