How to activate students’ natural desire to test themselves

Abstract Testing oneself (i.e., doing retrieval practice) is an effective way to study. We attempted to make learners choose to test themselves more often. In Experiment 1, participants were asked how they wanted to study and were given four options: retrieval with no hint (e.g., idea: ______), a tw...

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Main Authors: Kalif E. Vaughn, Nate Kornell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:Cognitive Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41235-019-0187-y

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