Repeated testing, item selection, and relearning: The benefits of testing outweigh the costs

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-212

  De Jonge, Mario ^a   Tabbers, Huib K ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed relearning; Item difficulty; Item selection; Retrieval practice; The testing effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878314288     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000189     Document Type: Article

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