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underconfidence-with-practice effect

in investigations of judgments of learning, the finding that after showing slight overconfidence at a learning task on first exposure (e.g., studying a list of paired associates) participants markedly underestimate their memory performance of the same task during subsequent tries. [identified by Israeli cognitive psychologists Asher Koriat, Limor Sheffer, and Hilit Ma’ayan]

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ACEP

ACEP

abbreviation for American Coaching Effectiveness Program. See American Sport Education Program.