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Direct linkLeggett, Jack M. I.; Burt, Jennifer S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Successfully retrieving information protects it against later forgetting. Failed retrieval attempts are also beneficial if followed by study of corrective feedback. To explain both of these findings, researchers have proposed the "mediation hypothesis." In the case of learning from corrective feedback, initial errors may serve as…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Cues, Recall (Psychology), Feedback (Response)
