MENTAL MODEL · M6601

Dunlosky & Metcalfe Framework

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

Proposed by John Dunlosky and Janet Metcalfe, this framework describes learning as a loop between monitoring and control. Monitoring covers judgments such as judgments of learning (JOL), which predict future recall, feelings of knowing (FOK), which flag material that seems known but is not retrievable, and retrospective confidence (RC), which rates an answer already given. Control covers the actions these judgments trigger, chiefly how study time is allocated and which strategy is chosen. The framework's key condition is calibration: monitoring accuracy determines whether regulation helps or misleads, and fluent rereading tends to inflate confidence relative to actual retention.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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- Use JOL checks: predict recall before testing yourself, then compare the prediction with your actual score. - Use FOK triage: when retrieval fails, separate near-miss items from material you never encoded. - Use time reallocation: give extra study time to the items your judgments rated weakest.

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Metacognitive judgments act as the feedback signal that steers study behavior. When a learner predicts recall and then tests, the gap between prediction and outcome reveals whether the material was actually encoded, and that error signal redirects time and strategy toward weak items. Because judgments are partly driven by processing fluency rather than retention, miscalibration is the main failure point: accurate monitors improve, while inaccurate ones keep rereading and stay confident.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Before each self-test, write a percentage prediction of how much you will recall. 2. Test yourself and record the actual score next to the prediction. 3. Mark items where confidence exceeded performance and move them to active recall. 4. Reallocate remaining study time toward those marked items instead of rereading. 5. Repeat the predict-test-compare loop at the end of each session.

Check to track your progress (stored locally)

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