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How accurately can students estimate their performance on an exam and how does this relate to their actual performance on the exam?
written by N. Sanjay Rebello
Research has shown students' beliefs regarding their own abilities in math and science can influence their performance in these disciplines. I investigated the relationship between students' estimated performance and actual performance on five exams in a second semester calculus-based physics class. Students in a second-semester calculus-based physics class were given about 72 hours after the completion of each of five exams, to estimate their individual and class mean score on each exam. Students were given extra credit worth 1% of the exam points for estimating their score correct within 2% of the actual score and another 1% extra credit for estimating the class mean score within 2% of the correct value. I compared students' individual and mean score estimations with the actual scores to investigate the relationship between estimation accuracies and exam performance of the students as well as trends over the semester.
Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference series
Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011
Volume 1413, Pages 315-318
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- Student Characteristics
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10.1063/1.3680058
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PERC 2011, Peer Assessment, Self Assessment, student beliefs
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N. Rebello, How accurately can students estimate their performance on an exam and how does this relate to their actual performance on the exam?, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11876&DocID=2723>.
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Rebello, N. (2011, August 3-4). How accurately can students estimate their performance on an exam and how does this relate to their actual performance on the exam?. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11876&DocID=2723
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Rebello, N. Sanjay. "How accurately can students estimate their performance on an exam and how does this relate to their actual performance on the exam?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11876&DocID=2723 (accessed 5 May 2024).
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Rebello, N. Sanjay. "How accurately can students estimate their performance on an exam and how does this relate to their actual performance on the exam?." Physics Education Research Conference 2011. Omaha, Nebraska: 2011. 315-318 Vol. 1413 of PER Conference. 5 May 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11876&DocID=2723>.
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