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Moore, Don A.; Healy, Paul J. – Psychological Review, 2008
The authors present a reconciliation of 3 distinct ways in which the research literature has defined overconfidence: (a) overestimation of one's actual performance, (b) overplacement of one's performance relative to others, and (c) excessive precision in one's beliefs. Experimental evidence shows that reversals of the first 2 (apparent…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Literature, Self Esteem, Confidence Testing
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Gruver, Joshua B.; Smith, Sanford S.; Finley, James C. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2008
Results are presented from a formal evaluation of The Pennsylvania Bureau of State Park's Watershed Education (WE) curriculum developed for students in grades 6-12. The primary research objective was to measure the impact the training and subsequent use of the WE curriculum had on teachers' behavior, confidence, and self-efficacy in teaching about…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Curriculum Evaluation, Outcomes of Education, Mail Surveys