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Memory effect in educational psychology
The testing effect suggests long-term memory is increased when part of the learning period is devoted to retrieving information from memory. It is different from the more general practice effect, defined in the APA Dictionary of Psychology as "any change or improvement that results from practice or repetition of task items or activities." Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Testing effectA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Pulmonary Function Testing InterpretationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: FreakonomicsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Random effects structure for confirmatory hypothesis testing: Keep it maximalCited 8,806 times
- Go sideways: Spacing effectA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Robert A. BjorkA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The increase in long-term memory when part of the learning period is devoted to retrieving information from memory.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Random effects structure for confirmatory hypothesis testing: Keep it maximal
The effect of testing versus restudy on retention: A meta-analytic review of the testing effect.
Testing the testing effect in the classroom
A testing effect with multimedia learning.
Testing the Law of Proportionate Effect
The Testing Effect and the Retention Interval
Retrieval mode distinguishes the testing effect from the generation effect
Testing Local Average Treatment Effect Assumptions
🆕 Influential since 2022
Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Pulmonary Function Testing Interpretation
The Testing Effect in University Teaching: Using Multiple-Choice Testing to Promote Retention of Highly Retrievable Information
Effect of General Anesthesia on Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
Clinical Effect of Genetic Testing in Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases
Effect of a viral filter on cardiopulmonary exercise testing
📚 Books worth reading
FreakonomicsSteven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner · 2005
Critical thinkingRichard W. Paul, Linda Elder · 1990
Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminantsJoint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. · 1982
Educational psychologyN. L. Gage · 1975- 📕Acoustic Emission and Critical PhenomenaAlberto Carpinteri, Giuseppe Lacidogna · 2008
Outstanding Assessment for Learning in the ClassroomJayne Bartlett · 2015- 📕Static and free-vibrational response of semi-circular graphite-epoxy frames with thin-walled open sectionsJ. Scott Collins · 1989
Responsive TeachingHarry Fletcher-Wood · 2018
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🔗 Related topics
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- Robert A. Bjork Robert Allen Bjork (born 1939) is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on human learning…
- Forward testing effect The forward testing effect, also known as test potentiated new learning, is a psychological learning theory which suggests that testing old information…
- Retrieval-induced forgetting Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) is a memory phenomenon where remembering causes forgetting of other information in memory. The phenomenon was first…
- Decay theory The Decay theory is a theory that proposes that memory fades due to the mere passage of time. Information is therefore less available for later retrieval…
- Interference theory The interference theory is a theory regarding human memory. Interference occurs in learning. The notion is that memories encoded in long-term memory (LTM)…
- Memory inhibition In psychology, memory inhibition is the ability not to remember irrelevant information. The scientific concept of memory inhibition should not be confused…
- Spaced repetition Spaced repetition is an evidence-based learning technique that is usually performed with flashcards. Newly introduced and more difficult flashcards are…