Do university students know how they perform?
The aim of the research is to study the capacity for self-evaluation of University students undergoing tests involving mathematics, linguistic and formal reasoning. Subjects were asked to estimate the number of correct answers and subsequently to compare their performance with that of their peers...
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| author | Piergiorgio Battistelli Alessia Cadamuro Alessandra Farneti Annalisa Versari |
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| description | The aim of the research is to study the capacity for self-evaluation of University students
undergoing tests involving mathematics, linguistic and formal reasoning. Subjects were
asked to estimate the number of correct answers and subsequently to compare their
performance with that of their peers. We divided the subjects into three groups on the basis
of performance: poor, middle and top performers. The results demonstrate that all the
subjects in all tests showed good awareness of their level of actual performance. Analyzing
comparative assessments, the results reported in literature by Kruger and Dunning were
confirmed: poor performers tend to significantly overestimate their own performance whilst
top performers tend to underestimate it. This can be interpreted as a demonstration that
the accuracy of comparative self-evaluations depends on a number of variables: cognitive
and metacognitive factors and aspects associated with self-representation. Our conclusion
is that cognitive and metacognitive processes work as “submerged” in highly subjective
representations, allowing dynamics related to safeguarding the image one has of oneself to
play a role. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c35123f39ceb466e852decb6ea149b9e2023-02-15T16:20:31ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92981307-92982009-10-0121180198Do university students know how they perform?Piergiorgio Battistelli0Alessia Cadamuro1Alessandra Farneti2Annalisa Versari3University of BolognaUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaLibera Università of BolzanoUniversity of BolognaThe aim of the research is to study the capacity for self-evaluation of University students undergoing tests involving mathematics, linguistic and formal reasoning. Subjects were asked to estimate the number of correct answers and subsequently to compare their performance with that of their peers. We divided the subjects into three groups on the basis of performance: poor, middle and top performers. The results demonstrate that all the subjects in all tests showed good awareness of their level of actual performance. Analyzing comparative assessments, the results reported in literature by Kruger and Dunning were confirmed: poor performers tend to significantly overestimate their own performance whilst top performers tend to underestimate it. This can be interpreted as a demonstration that the accuracy of comparative self-evaluations depends on a number of variables: cognitive and metacognitive factors and aspects associated with self-representation. Our conclusion is that cognitive and metacognitive processes work as “submerged” in highly subjective representations, allowing dynamics related to safeguarding the image one has of oneself to play a role.https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/265metacognitionself- evaluationcognitive performanceuniversity studentsself- image |
| spellingShingle | Piergiorgio Battistelli Alessia Cadamuro Alessandra Farneti Annalisa Versari Do university students know how they perform? International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education metacognition self- evaluation cognitive performance university students self- image |
| title | Do university students know how they perform? |
| title_full | Do university students know how they perform? |
| title_fullStr | Do university students know how they perform? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do university students know how they perform? |
| title_short | Do university students know how they perform? |
| title_sort | do university students know how they perform |
| topic | metacognition self- evaluation cognitive performance university students self- image |
| url | https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/265 |
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