Interpolated pretesting can boost memory of related and distinct prose materials

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-596038
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.59603

Kliegl, Oliver ; Bäuml, Karl-Heinz T.

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Abstract

The pretesting effect refers to the finding that tests performed before to-be learned material is encountered can enhance later retention of the material, even when no correct answers were provided on the initial pretest. The goal of the present study was to examine whether interspersing pretest questions between the study of multiple segments consisting of prose passages can induce a pretesting ...