The effect of distributed questioning with varied examples on exam performance on inference questions

Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 831-848

  Glass, Arnold Lewis ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed study; Formative assessment; Generalisation; Inferential learning; Online; Personal response device; Retention; Technology; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949101321     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410903310674     Document Type: Article

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