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Retrieval-Induced Facilitation: Initially Nontested Material Can Benefit From Prior Testing of Related Material
Ist Teil von
Journal of experimental psychology. General, 2006-11, Vol.135 (4), p.553-571
Ort / Verlag
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Erscheinungsjahr
2006
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
Classroom exams can assess students' knowledge of only a subset of the material taught in a course. What are the implications of this approach for long-term retention? Three experiments (
N
= 210) examined how taking an initial test affects later memory for prose materials not initially tested. Experiment 1 shows that testing enhanced recall 24 hr later for the initially nontested material. This facilitation was not seen for participants given additional study opportunities without initial testing. Experiment 2 extends this facilitative effect to a within-subjects design. Experiment 3 demonstrates that this facilitation can be modulated by conscious strategies. These results have implications for educational practice and the theoretical developments of the testing effect, associative memory, and retrieval inhibition.