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The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning? study- experiment 4

Previous research has shown that the testing effect is especially powerful because people remember tested things better over time than other things that haven’t been tested
Made the final test one week after the pre-test-had to come in around the same time of day
Manipulated bolding within subjects and treatment type (extended study versus pre-test) between subjects
Predicted that the final items tested at a delay would be better for pre-tested items than the bolded items in the extended study condition
Predicted that bolding would be better than non bolding in the extended study condition but pre-testing overall would be better than bolding
158 undergraduates who were given extra credit for participating
Only 5 items in the study material were bolded-on the post test out of the 10 items that were tested, 5 had been bolded (and in the pre-test group, was also tested)
Participants answered 10% of the questions correctly on the pre-test
Testing effects analyzed by bolded and tested vs. just bolded-significant pre-testing effect-M=55% & SE=2.0 vs. M=445% & SE=3.0
Effects of bolding analyzed by bolded vs. unbolded in the extended time condition-small difference showing that bolding is effective in drawing attention to a specific subject
Tested and bolded questions were recalled better than untested and unbolded questions
This experiment shows that the testing effect works 1 week later-more specifically, bolding with testing significantly helped to improve performance

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Updated 2021-04-28

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