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... > process > cognitive process > metamemory process > metamemory judgment > confidence judgment > prospective confidence > ease of learning

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ease of learning  

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  • "predictions about what will be easy/difficult to learn, either in terms of which items will be easiest or in terms of which strategies will make learning easiest." (Nelson & Narens, 1990, p. 130).

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  • • Nelson, T. O., & Narens, L. (1990). Metamemory: A theoretical framework and new findings. In G. Bower (Ed.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 26, pp. 125–173). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60053-5

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Underwood, B. J. (1966). Individual and group predictions of item difficulty for free learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(5), 673-679. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0023107

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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