The pretesting effect under divided attention

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-764872
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.76487

Bartl, Johannes ; Kliegl, Oliver ; Bäuml, Karl-Heinz T.

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Abstract

Completing a pretest (e.g., star—?) before receiving correct-answer feedback (e.g., star—night) can improve long-term retention of the material compared to material that was initially only studied. The present study examined whether this pretesting effect requires attentional resources during the initial pretest stage and the subsequent feedback stage. Two experiments were conducted in which ...