The Value of Applied Research: Retrieval Practice Improves Classroom Learning and Recommendations from a Teacher, a Principal, and a Scientist

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-448

  Agarwal, Pooja K ^a   Bain, Patrice M ^b   Chamberlain, Roger W ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia Middle School ^*  (United States)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied research; Education; Quizzing; Retrieval practice; Teaching; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865431120     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-012-9210-2     Document Type: Review

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