The relative benefits of studying and testing on long-term retention

Cognitive Modeling in Perception and Memory: A Festschrift for Richard M. Shiffrin

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 99-111

  Roediger, Henry L ^a   Nestojko, John F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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