Effects of instruction on students’ overconfidence in introductory quantum mechanics

Students’ ability to assess their own knowledge is an important skill in science education. However, students often overestimate their actual performances. In such cases, overconfidence bias arises. Previous studies in physics education have shown that overconfidence bias concerns mainly content are...

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Main Authors: Italo Testa, Arturo Colantonio, Silvia Galano, Irene Marzoli, Fabio Trani, Umberto Scotti di Uccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-06-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.010143