The testing effect with authentic educational materials: A cautionary note

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-221

  Wooldridge, Cynthia L ^a   Bugg, Julie M ^b   McDaniel, Mark A ^b   Liu, Yiyi ^b  

^a LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Testing; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911806342     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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