Monitoring, a regulation of cognition component of metacognition, is an essential aspect of
self-regulated learning. Monitoring is recognized as learners' ability to successfully …

A major question for the study of learning and memory is how to tailor learning experiences
to promote knowledge that generalizes to new situations. In two experiments, we used …

Abstract Concepts are our tools for thinking. They enable us to engage in explicit reasoning
about things in the world. Like physical tools, they can be more or less good, given the ways …

Are students able to learn from exam experience about their level of knowledge for tested
topics? Prior to taking an exam, undergraduates made predictive category learning …

How could people enhance the accuracy of judgments for predicting math performance on
an upcoming test? Research on category-learning judgments shows that their accuracy is …

Recent studies have shown that interim testing of previously studied material facilitates the
learning of new material. Such forward testing effect occurs, in part, because interim testing …

How exemplars are ordered–blocked or interleaved-can play a critical role in later
classification performance. Even so, when students self-regulate their learning, they typically …

Although research has established that people can accurately judge how well they have
learned categories, no research has examined whether people use their category-learning …

Studies on metacognitive skills have started in the past 30 years and cover various fields,
including education. In general, metacognitive skills refer to awareness and monitoring …

The present experiments examined whether the temporal distribution of procedural category
learning experiences would impact learning outcomes. Participants completed the remote …