Ungraded Pop Quizzes: Test-Enhanced Learning Without All the Anxiety

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 174-178

  Khanna, Maya M ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

quizzing; test anxiety; test enhanced learning; testing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930443763     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628315573144     Document Type: Article

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