Test-Enhanced Learning Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention

Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 249 - 255
Published: Mar 1, 2006
Abstract
Taking a memory test not only assesses what one knows, but also enhances later retention, a phenomenon known as the testing effect. We studied this effect with educationally relevant materials and investigated whether testing facilitates learning only because tests offer an opportunity to restudy material. In two experiments, students studied prose passages and took one or three immediate free-recall tests, without feedback, or restudied the...
Paper Details
Title
Test-Enhanced Learning Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention
Published Date
Mar 1, 2006
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
249 - 255
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