Retention of Prose Materials: The Effect of Testing
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Educational Research
- Vol. 72 (5) , 299-300
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.1979.10885176
Abstract
Testing a group of students on a meaningful prose passage which they had just studied increased their later memory of the passage (in one case to the point of doubling it) over that of a group of students not tested immediately after learning the passage. The effect is interpreted in terms of consolidation of learning and the potential for improving learning in practical situations is discussed.Keywords
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