Consequences of Testing Memory

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-313

  Malmberg, Kenneth J ^a   Lehman, Melissa ^b   Annis, Jeffrey ^a   Criss, Amy H ^c   Shiffrin, Richard M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interference; Learning and memory; Test formats; Testing memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899828604     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800283-4.00008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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