The effect of confidence value on students’ self-assessment
10.11307/mededjapan.44.113
- VernacularTitle:学生の自己評価行動に与える確信度の影響
- Author:
Kazue Arita
;
Akira Arita
;
Takao Morita
;
Masami Bessho
;
Ryozo Ohno
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
problem-based learning;
confidence value;
self-assessment;
achievement test
- From:Medical Education
2013;44(3):113-119
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Introduction: We examined whether an intervention in students’ self-assessment causes behavioral changes in how they make their assessments.
Method: Students taking part in problem-based learning were divided into 2 groups. The students of Group 1 were asked to evaluate themselves with a four-step process, whereas the students of Group 2 students were asked to evaluated themselves and to indicate how confident they were that their self-assessments were consistent with assessments by their instructors.
Results: We observed a significant difference in self-assessment patterns between the groups. Students in Group 1 overestimated their abilities, whereas students in Group 2 underestimated their abilities. However, when we compared students’ self-evaluations and their grades in lecture courses, we found that students with low grades were more likely to overestimate their ability than were students with high grades, regardless of whether they had stated how confident they were in their assessments.
Discussion: By considering their degree of confidence that their self-assessments agreed with assessments by their instructors, students might show more careful assessment behavior. However, students with low grades require a greater degree of individual guidance before exhibiting behavioral changes.
