J Metcalfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 418452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Metcalfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Metcalfe |
| SIGNATURE | METCALFE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3286-9475 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Learning from errors versus explicit instruction in preparation for a test that counts
BackgroundAlthough the generation of errors has been thought, traditionally, to impair learning, recent studies indicate that, under particular feedback conditions, the commission of errors may have a beneficial effect.AimsThis study investigates the teaching strategies that facilitate learning from errors.Materials and MethodsThis 2-year study, involving two cohorts of ~88 students each, contrasted a learning-from-errors (LFE) with an explicit i…
Tip-of-the-tongue states predict enhanced feedback processing and subsequent memory
Learning from Errors
Although error avoidance during learning appears to be the rule in American classrooms, laboratory studies suggest that it may be a counterproductive strategy, at least for neurologically typical students. Experimental investigations indicate that errorful learning followed by corrective feedback is beneficial to learning. Interestingly, the beneficial effects are particularly salient when individuals strongly believe that their error is correct:…
The relation between the sense of agency and the experience of flow
Metacognition of agency and theory of mind in adults with high functioning autism
The cognitive antecedents and motivational consequences of the feeling of being in the zone
Metacognition of emotional face recognition
While humans are adept at recognizing emotional states conveyed by facial expressions, the current literature suggests that they lack accurate metacognitions about their performance in this domain. This finding comes from global trait-based questionnaires that assess the extent to which an individual perceives him or herself as empathic, as compared to other people. Those who rate themselves as empathically accurate are no better than others at r…
Collaborative Doctoral Education: University-Industry Partnerships for Enhancing Knowledge Exchange
Metacognition of agency.
The feeling that we are agents, intentionally making things happen by our own actions, is foundational to our understanding of ourselves as humans. People's metacognitions of agency were investigated in 4 experiments. Participants played a game in which they tried to touch downward scrolling Xs and avoid touching Os. Variables that affected accuracy included speed of the scroll, density of the targets, and feedback. Of central interest were varia…
The Missing Link in CognitionOrigins of self-reflective consciousness
"Are humans unique in having self-reflective consciousness? Or can precursors to this central form of human consciousness be found in non-human species? The Missing Link in Cognition brings together a diverse group of researchers who have been investigating this question from a variety of perspectives, including the extent to which non-human primates, and, indeed, young children, have consciousness, a sense of self, thought processes, metacogniti…
On the Cover
is a highly respected artist and printmaker living in Washington, DC. Perhaps the quintessential Renaissance person, Stovall thinks deeply about life, philosophy, and politics. He is an activist in the best sense of the word, supporting community efforts toward betterment and taking on causes that others will not. Some of his earliest printmaking experience involved creating powerful civil rights posters that caught people's attention. He is a me…
Metamemory: Theory and Data
In his search for “The First Principle,” Descartes (1911) questioned all of what we might now call his basic object-level cognitive processes (Nelson & Narens, 1990, 1994; Moscovitch, 1994), allowing that he could imagine that things were different than they seemed or that they might not exist at all. It was not so much thinking that was indisputable to Descartes, but rather thinking about thinking.
Feelings and Judgments of Knowing: Is There a Special Noetic State
A hot/cool-system analysis of delay of gratification: Dynamics of willpower.
A 2-system framework is proposed for understanding the processes that enable--and undermine--self-control or "willpower" as exemplified in the delay of gratification paradigm. A cool, cognitive "know" system and a hot, emotional "go" system are postulated. The cool system is cognitive, emotionally neutral, contemplative, flexible, integrated, coherent, spatiotemporal, slow, episodic, and strategic. It is the seat of self-regulation and self-contr…
Intuition in insight and noninsight problem solving
Collaborative Doctoral Education: University-Industry Partnerships for Enhancing Knowledge Exchange
Learning from errors versus explicit instruction in preparation for a test that counts
BackgroundAlthough the generation of errors has been thought, traditionally, to impair learning, recent studies indicate that, under particular feedback conditions, the commission of errors may have a beneficial effect.AimsThis study investigates the teaching strategies that facilitate learning from errors.Materials and MethodsThis 2-year study, involving two cohorts of ~88 students each, contrasted a learning-from-errors (LFE) with an explicit i…
Intuition in insight and noninsight problem solving
A hot/cool-system analysis of delay of gratification: Dynamics of willpower.
A 2-system framework is proposed for understanding the processes that enable--and undermine--self-control or "willpower" as exemplified in the delay of gratification paradigm. A cool, cognitive "know" system and a hot, emotional "go" system are postulated. The cool system is cognitive, emotionally neutral, contemplative, flexible, integrated, coherent, spatiotemporal, slow, episodic, and strategic. It is the seat of self-regulation and self-contr…
Metamemory: Theory and Data
In his search for “The First Principle,” Descartes (1911) questioned all of what we might now call his basic object-level cognitive processes (Nelson & Narens, 1990, 1994; Moscovitch, 1994), allowing that he could imagine that things were different than they seemed or that they might not exist at all. It was not so much thinking that was indisputable to Descartes, but rather thinking about thinking.
Feelings and Judgments of Knowing: Is There a Special Noetic State
On the Cover
is a highly respected artist and printmaker living in Washington, DC. Perhaps the quintessential Renaissance person, Stovall thinks deeply about life, philosophy, and politics. He is an activist in the best sense of the word, supporting community efforts toward betterment and taking on causes that others will not. Some of his earliest printmaking experience involved creating powerful civil rights posters that caught people's attention. He is a me…
The Missing Link in CognitionOrigins of self-reflective consciousness
"Are humans unique in having self-reflective consciousness? Or can precursors to this central form of human consciousness be found in non-human species? The Missing Link in Cognition brings together a diverse group of researchers who have been investigating this question from a variety of perspectives, including the extent to which non-human primates, and, indeed, young children, have consciousness, a sense of self, thought processes, metacogniti…
Metacognition of agency.
The feeling that we are agents, intentionally making things happen by our own actions, is foundational to our understanding of ourselves as humans. People's metacognitions of agency were investigated in 4 experiments. Participants played a game in which they tried to touch downward scrolling Xs and avoid touching Os. Variables that affected accuracy included speed of the scroll, density of the targets, and feedback. Of central interest were varia…
Collaborative Doctoral Education: University-Industry Partnerships for Enhancing Knowledge Exchange
Metacognition of emotional face recognition
While humans are adept at recognizing emotional states conveyed by facial expressions, the current literature suggests that they lack accurate metacognitions about their performance in this domain. This finding comes from global trait-based questionnaires that assess the extent to which an individual perceives him or herself as empathic, as compared to other people. Those who rate themselves as empathically accurate are no better than others at r…
The cognitive antecedents and motivational consequences of the feeling of being in the zone
Metacognition of agency and theory of mind in adults with high functioning autism
The relation between the sense of agency and the experience of flow
Learning from Errors
Although error avoidance during learning appears to be the rule in American classrooms, laboratory studies suggest that it may be a counterproductive strategy, at least for neurologically typical students. Experimental investigations indicate that errorful learning followed by corrective feedback is beneficial to learning. Interestingly, the beneficial effects are particularly salient when individuals strongly believe that their error is correct:…
Tip-of-the-tongue states predict enhanced feedback processing and subsequent memory
Learning from errors versus explicit instruction in preparation for a test that counts
BackgroundAlthough the generation of errors has been thought, traditionally, to impair learning, recent studies indicate that, under particular feedback conditions, the commission of errors may have a beneficial effect.AimsThis study investigates the teaching strategies that facilitate learning from errors.Materials and MethodsThis 2-year study, involving two cohorts of ~88 students each, contrasted a learning-from-errors (LFE) with an explicit i…
Psychology (13 works) · Cognitive psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Cognition (9 works) · Metacognition (6 works) · Neuroscience (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Feeling (4 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (3 works)