ease-of-learning judgment

an individual’s prediction of how easy it will be to acquire and retain certain items of information, given before any attempt is made to do so. In tests of learning and memory, participants’ pretest ease-of-learning judgments tend to be only weakly correlated with their performance on the test. Like feeling of knowing, ease-of-learning judgments are an important aspect of metacognition. Compare retrospective confidence judgment.

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July 27th 2024

Delphi technique

a method of developing and improving group consensus by eliminating the effects of personal relationships and dominating personalities. Conflict is managed by circulating a questionnaire, which is edited and summarized on the basis of the last round of comments and then reissued for further response by those participating in the survey. The Delphi technique is used in many situations where convergence of opinion is desirable (e.g., for defining goals, setting standards, or identifying and ranking needs and priorities).