ERIC Number: EJ1308712
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Working Memory Resources Depletion Makes Delayed Testing Beneficial
Chen, Ouhao; Kalyuga, Slava
Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, v20 n1 p38-46 2021
Cognitive load theory (CLT) uses working memory resources depletion to explain the superiority of spaced learning, predicting that working memory resources will be less taxed if there are resting/spacing periods inserted between learning tasks, in comparison to learning from the same tasks in a single session. This article uses the working memory resources depletion effect, as a factor, to investigate the hypothesis that delayed testing would show superior results to immediate testing on math tasks for primary students in Singapore, as participants' working memory resources might be restored because of the resting between the immediate and delayed tests. Results confirmed higher performance on the delayed test than on the immediate test, as well as more working memory resources available for the delayed test.
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Elementary School Students, Tests, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Learning Processes, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Instruction, Correlation, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Theories, Time Factors (Learning)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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