Table 3.

Assessment of student confidence

A. Please choose one of the following statements regarding your answer to question X.a	B.b	Pretest	Unit exam
a. I am fully confident of my answer.
	Term 1	32	98
b. I am reasonably confident of my answer.
	Term 2	42	98
c. I am unsure of my answer.
		p = 0.007
d. I do not have the knowledge base to answer this question. (i.e., This was a guess.)

^aStudents answered this question after each pretest and unit exam question.

^bThe percentage of students correctly answering pretest and unit exam questions with confidence (assayed by an answer of “a” or “b” from section A) was tabulated. Confidence levels on the pretest and unit exam were compared using Student's t test.