Which of the following students' summaries about metacognition and problem solving is the most accurate?
a. Delmer: "Our metacognitions are typically more accurate for insight problems than for noninsight problems."
b. Midori: "Students are not able to predict how well they are doing on a wide variety of problem-solving tasks."
c. Saundra: "On insight problems, our confidence increases suddenly; on noninsight problems, our confidence builds up gradually."
d. Steve: "Students typically have a feeling that they know the solution when they are several steps away from solving a problemâ€"whether the problem is an insight problem or a noninsight problem."
Ans: c
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