G.M. Finn
The impact of feedback and personality type upon students’ ability to self-assess skills, attributes and aptitudes
Finn, G.M.; Sawdon, M
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M Sawdon
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Background: We demonstrate the phenomenon of ‘incompetent and unaware’ in a real world setting. Summary of work: Medical students (193) participated in a self-assessment exercise, requiring predictions of exam grade in 3 domains; knowledge, skills, and behaviours. The exercise was completed 3 times; immediately after January exams, one week after January exams and immediately after May exams. Feedback on assessment ability was given between January and May. Personality type was correlated with self-assessment ability. Students assessed the Conscientiousness Index (CI) scores of themselves and peers. Summary of results: Failing students over predicted their exam performance. Merit students under assessed performance, and pass students accurately self-assessed. Students’ ability to self-assess was not improved after a week of contemplation. Feedback improved failing students’ ability to self-assess but had no impact upon under-assessing merit students. Students were unable to predict their CI scores, but were able to assess peers’ scores. Ability to self-assess was not related to personality type. Conclusions: Ability to self-assess was consistent across physical skills and cognitive aptitudes, but not attributes (conscientiousness). Take home messages: Failing students can become more self-aware with respect to exam performance if they are given appropriate feedback. Self-awareness is crucial for success; students need more guidance on this.
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Finn, G., & Sawdon, M. (2010). The impact of feedback and personality type upon students’ ability to self-assess skills, attributes and aptitudes.
Conference Name | 14th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions. |
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Conference Location | Miami, Florida |
Start Date | May 15, 2010 |
End Date | May 20, 2010 |
Publication Date | May 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | Jan 28, 2011 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Publisher URL | http://www.ottawaconference.org/home.html |
Additional Information | Conference dates: 15-20 May 2010 |
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