Generation effects are larger in incidental than intentional learning studies, though the direct intentional-vs-incidental contrast was not significant¶

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q3 i? Generation effects were smallest in intentional-learning studies (g = 0.29), larger in incidental-learning studies (g = 0.46), and largest in studies not specifying intentionality (g = 0.73), but the direct intentional vs. incidental comparison was not significant. → Julia Schindler · Tobias Richter 2023

Evidence¶

Julia Schindler · Tobias Richter 2023¶

Julia Schindler · Tobias Richter. (2023). Text Generation Benefits Learning: a Meta-Analytic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09758-w

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Subset moderator analysis of intentionality in the multi-level meta-analysis. The omnibus moderator effect was significant, but direct comparisons showed only unspecified vs. intentional learning differed significantly (QM(df = 1) = 9.06, p = 0.003); intentional vs. incidental was not significant (p = 0.103).

"Generation effects were smallest in studies based on intentional learning (g = 0.29, p < 0.001), larger in studies based on incidental learning (g = 0.46, p < 0.001), and largest in studies that did not report whether learning was incidental or intentional (g = 0.73, p < 0.001)."

Discussion¶

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