Retrieval-Based Learning. An Episodic Context Account.

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-284

  Karpicke, Jeffrey D ^a   Lehman, Melissa ^a   Aue, William R ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Episodic memory; Learning; Retrieval practice; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899790362     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800283-4.00007-1     Document Type: Chapter

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