The benefit of retrieval practice over elaborative restudy in primary school vocabulary learning

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 177-182

  Goossens, Nicole A M C ^a,b   Camp, Gino ^a,b   Verkoeijen, Peter P J L ^a   Tabbers, Huib K ^a   Zwaan, Rolf A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elaborative exercises; Memory; Retrieval practice; Testing effect; Vocabulary learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911806377     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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