Retrieval Practice Enhances New Learning: the Forward Effect of Testing

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-297759
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.29775

Pastötter, Bernhard ; Bäuml, Karl-Heinz T.

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Abstract

Inthelastcoupleofyears,therehasbeenadramaticincreaseinlaboratoryresearchexaminingthebenefitsofrecalltestingonlong-termlearningandretention.Thisworkwaslargelyonthebackwardeffectoftesting,whichshowsthatretrievalpracticeonpreviouslystudiedinformation,comparedtorestudyofthesamematerial,renderstheinformationmorelikelytoberememberedinthefuture.Goingbeyondthisprominentwork,morerecentlaboratoryresearchpr ...