The costs and benefits of providing feedback during learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-801

  Hays, Matthew Jensen ^a   Kornell, Nate ^b   Bjork, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MEMORY; RECALL;

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 78651257745     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.6.797     Document Type: Article

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