The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning? study introduction
- One positive to standardized testing is that testing helps improve memory for what is being tested
- Testing in general has been shown to be better than re-testing the material
- Testing should be better used as a tool for acquiring knowledge as opposed to measuring it
- Testing is most beneficial when the items are answered correctly
- Testing potentially has the power to distort knowledge
- The goal of the study was to encourage more errors and failed tests by testing before learning the material
- Experiments-asked to read a text about vision
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The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning? study introduction
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The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning? study- experiment 1
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The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning? study- experiment 4
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The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning? study discussion