The Status of the Testing Effect for Complex Materials: Still a Winner

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 327-331

  Rawson, Katherine A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex materials; Material complexity; Problem solving; Retrieval practice; Test enhanced learning; Testing effect; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929839811     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-015-9308-4     Document Type: Article

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