Which of the Following Students' Summaries About Metacognition and Problem

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students' summaries about metacognition and problem solving is the most accurate?

• A)Delmer: "Our metacognitions are typically more accurate for insight problems than for noninsight problems."
• B)Midori: "Students are not able to predict how well they are doing on a wide variety of problem-solving tasks."
• C)Saundra: "On insight problems,our confidence increases suddenly; on noninsight problems,our confidence builds up gradually."
• D)Steve: "Students typically have a feeling that they know the solution when they are several steps away from solving a problem-whether the problem is an insight problem or a noninsight problem."