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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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Updated 2021-04-28

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