The Role of Answer Justification in Multiple-Choice Testing: Effects on Performance and Metacognitive Accuracy.

Behav Sci (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12023925 · PMID 40282098

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Numerically, participants in the answer justification group ( M = 67%, SD = 17) scored higher than those in the MC-only group ( M = 61%, SD = 17), but the results were only marginally significant t (110) = 1.82, p = 0.071, d = 0.34. 3.2.2.

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