Cued recall testing with correct-answer feedback significantly enhances vocabulary learning across three consecutive tests¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i3 large
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q3 i3 Mean proportion of 'know and correct' responses rose from 0.34 at T1 to 0.61 at T2 and 0.69 at T3, with a significant learning effect across repetitions. → Wiklund-Hörnqvist 2017

Evidence¶

Wiklund-Hörnqvist 2017¶

Wiklund-Hörnqvist, C., Andersson, M., Jonsson, B. & Nyberg, L. (2017). Neural activations associated with feedback and retrieval success. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-017-0013-6

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Repeated-measures fMRI experiment: 22 scanned participants learned 60 Swahili–Swedish word-pairs across three cued-recall tests with feedback. The article reports "a signi ficant learning effect across the three repetitions" with ηp² = 0.81, and significant pairwise improvement between each consecutive test.

"A one-way repeated ANOVA showed a signi ficant learning effect across the three repetitions for items judged as "know and correct" [F(2,42) = 87.28, MSE = 0.08, p < 0.001, n2 p = 0.81]"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

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