Memorial consequences of testing school-aged children

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 899-906

  Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a   Fazio, Lisa K ^b   Goswick, Anna E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Suggestibility; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CUES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84871019135     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.708757     Document Type: Article

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