Nayantara Kurpad

Dr. Nayantara Kurpad


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 September 2023 in Journal of Intelligence
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MKMeltem Karaca
Meltem Karaca
LGLisa Geraci
Lisa Geraci
NKNayantara Kurpad
Nayantara Kurpad
MLMarcus Per Gustaf Lithander
Marcus Per Gustaf Lithander
SBSteve Balsis
Steve Balsis
When asked to predict how they will perform on an upcoming exam, students are often poorly calibrated, typically in the direction of overpredicting their performance. Research shows that low-performing students’ calibration tends to remain poor across multiple tests over the course of a semester. We tested whether these students remain confident in these erroneously high grade predictions across the semester or whether their confidence wanes, suggesting some degree of metacognitive awareness. In two studies, students made grade predictions prior to taking four in-class exams and then rated their level of confidence in their predictions. Results from both studies showed that miscalibration and confidence remained stable across tests, suggesting that low-performing students continued to believe that they would perform well on upcoming exams despite prior evidence to the contrary.