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Metacognition for strategy selection during arithmetic problem-solving in young and older adults

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We examined participants’ strategy choices and metacognitive judgments during arithmetic problem-solving. Metacognitive judgments were collected either prospectively or retrospectively. We tested whether metacognitive judgments are related to strategy choices on the current problems and on the immediately following problems, and age-related differences in relations between metacognition and strategy choices. Data showed that both young and older adults were able to make accurate retrospective, but not prospective, judgments. Moreover, the accuracy of retrospective judgments was comparable in young and older adults when participants had to select and execute the better strategy. Metacognitive accuracy was even higher in older adults when participants had to only select the better strategy. Finally, low-confidence judgments on current items were more frequently followed by better strategy selection on immediately succeeding items than high-confidence judgments in both young and older adults. Implications of these findings to further our understanding of age-related differences and similarities in adults’ metacognitive monitoring and metacognitive regulation for strategy selection in the context of arithmetic problem solving are discussed

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hal-04501516 , version 1 (14-03-2024)

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Marie Geurten, Patrick Lemaire. Metacognition for strategy selection during arithmetic problem-solving in young and older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 2018, 26 (3), pp.424-446. ⟨10.1080/13825585.2018.1464114⟩. ⟨hal-04501516⟩
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