week 2 metacognitive illusions Flashcards
what is the cause of metacognitive illusions?
people associate easier learning ‘fluency’ with better memory but in reality harder learning ‘desirable difficulty’ leads to better retention
what is interleaving
mixing up topics during practice
fluency heuristic
associating the ease of learning with better memory even-though harder learning improves retention
why can fluent teaching styles be misleading?
they increase the feeling of learning without improving actual understanding or retention
why is active learning better than passive
involves engaging with problems - better retention
why might e-learning create metacognitive illusions?
its entertaining and fluent design can give a false sense of understanding
what is the benefit of spaced learning
improves long-term retention
who came up with desirable difficulty
Bjork 1994
what is desirable difficulty
obstacles that slow the process of learning produce durable memories and better learning
In terms of ACTUAL learning, Carpenter et al. (2013) found that fluent lecture style
Made no difference to learning
In terms of students’ BELIEFS about learning, Carpenter et al. (2013) found that a fluent lecture style
Improved learning
Compared to students taught by instructors given low teaching evaluations, Yunker and Yunker (2003) found that students taught by instructors given high teaching evaluations performed ____ in a follow-up course.
worse
Annotating lecture slides during a lecture is equivalent to what other type of lecture activity?
passive observation
Dr Jones believes that it is better to show students how to solve problems so that they avoid bad habits that lead to the wrong solution. Based on his teaching style, Dr Jones would likely be rated as a(n) ______ teacher by his students.
effective
Copying lecture slide content into notes has what effect on learning?
Good short-term learning but poor long-term learning
The type of note taking that leads to the best long-term learning is
Retrieving key points from the previous lecture segment during lecture pauses
Note-taking has what effect on revision time that takes place weeks after a lecture?
it decreases it
what was the purpose of yunker and yunkers 2003 study
investigated if students evaluation of teaching accurately reflected teaching quality and learning outcomes
what was the method in yunker and yunkers 2003 study
Compared student grades in Intermediate Accounting (a follow-up course) based on their evaluations of instructors from Introductory Accounting (a prerequisite course).
The focus was on whether high instructor ratings in the first course correlated with better performance in the second course.
what were the key findings from yunker and yunker 2003 study
negative correlation - students who gave higher ratings to their introductory accounting instructors tended to perform worse in intermediate accounting
suggesting highly-rated instructors may focus on teaching styles students like but these don’t lead to better long-term learning.
what did carpenter 2013 suggest
instructor fluency can significantly influence how students perceive their own learning and the instructors effectiveness
what can fluency lead to in students
overconfidence in how much they think they have learnt
