The benefit of self-testing and interleaving for synthesizing concepts across multiple physiology texts

Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 329-334

  Linderholm, Tracy ^a   Dobson, John ^a   Yarbrough, Mary Beth ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleaving; Multiple text processing; Physiology education; Retrieval practice; Self testing; Testing

Indexed keywords

BOOK; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981276061     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00157.2015     Document Type: Article

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