On the placement of practice questions during study

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 72-84

  Weinstein, Yana ^a   Nunes, Ludmila D ^b   Karpicke, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleaving; Massing; Retrieval practice; Spacing; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964335059     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000071     Document Type: Article

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