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Retention of Text Information as a Function of the Nature, Timing, and Number of Quizzes.

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Anderson, Richard C.; And Others – 1974

Two experiments were conducted, the purpose of which was to investigate the direct effects of questioning. In experiment one, 240 sophomores, juniors, and seniors from a small town high school read one of two versions of a 550-word passage describing the social behavior of the army ant. The subjects then took either a verbatim or paraphrase quiz,…

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