CHANGING MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS - DO STUDENTS ACCURATELY PERCEIVE THEIR PERFORMANCE

Several researchers have concluded that changing answers to multiple-choice questions is typically beneficial for students. This research attempts to validate these earlier results and to determine if students accurately perceive the outcome of their own answer-changing behavior. The results support the conclusions of the earlier studies that when students change answers on multiple-choice questions they tend to gain roughly 3 points for every point lost. This study also found that students predominantly underestimate the benefit of their own answer-changing behavior. © 1991 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.