Does testing with feedback help grade-school children learn key concepts in science?

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 171-176

  Lipko Speeda, Amanda ^a   Dunlosky, John ^b   Rawson, Katherine A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grade school children; Retrieval practice; Science concepts; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911807490     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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