Costs and benefits of dropout schedules of test-restudy practice: Implications for student learning

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-95

  Pyc, Mary A ^a   Rawson, Katherine A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TEST RESTUDY PRACTICE;

EID: 78651434342     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1646     Document Type: Article

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