Test-Enhanced Learning of Natural Concepts: Effects on Recognition Memory, Classification, and Metacognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1441-1451

  Jacoby, Larry L ^a   Wahlheim, Christopher N ^a   Coane, Jennifer H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept learning; Metacognition; Testing effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

COGNITION; FEEDBACK; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 78249232004     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020636     Document Type: Article

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