Test-potentiated learning: Distinguishing between direct and indirect effects of tests

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 940-945

  Arnold, Kathleen M ^a   McDermott, Kathleen B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Memory; Retrieval; Testing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84880409204     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029199     Document Type: Article

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