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Huff, Mark J.; Balota, David A.; Hutchison, Keith A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
We examined whether 2 types of interpolated tasks (i.e., retrieval-practice via free recall or guessing a missing critical item) improved final recognition for related and unrelated word lists relative to restudying or completing a filler task. Both retrieval-practice and guessing tasks improved correct recognition relative to restudy and filler…
Descriptors: Testing, Guessing (Tests), Memory, Retention (Psychology)
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Arnold, Kathleen M.; McDermott, Kathleen B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
The facilitative effect of retrieval practice, or testing, on the probability of later retrieval has been the focus of much recent empirical research. A lesser known benefit of retrieval practice is that it may also enhance the ability of a learner to benefit from a subsequent restudy opportunity. This facilitative effect of retrieval practice on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Testing, Experiments, Memory
Coleman, Edmund B. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Presents two experiments which demonstrate that language-generalization tests should tend to decrease Type 2 errors. (AM)
Descriptors: Correlation, Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Psychology