In self-paced learning, interim testing maintains study-time allocation across successive lists, preventing the decline seen without tests¶
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q2 i? Without interim tests, self-determined study time systematically decreased across lists; with interim tests, participants maintained their list-by-list study time. → Chunliang Yang 2018
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Chunliang Yang 2018¶
Chunliang Yang, Rosalind Potts and David R. Shanks. (2018). Enhancing learning and retrieval of new information: a review of the forward testing effect. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-018-0024-y
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The review reports Yang et al.'s self-paced experiment giving Interim Test and Interim Distractor groups unlimited time to study five lists of Euskara-English pairs; the quote shows the study-time pattern, and the review concludes interim testing motivates learners to devote more effort to encoding new information.
"self-determined study time in the Interim Distractor group system-atically decreased across lists whereas the decrease of study time was prevented by interim tests in the Interim Test group"
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Related Claims¶
- In single item learning, interim testing of studied lists roughly doubles recall of new items compared with distractor or restudy control groups — related
- Overt retrieval practice enhances interim recall of new List-5 material compared to restudy, and does not differ from JOLs with word stems — related
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In self-paced learning, interim testing maintains study-time allocation across successive lists, preventing the decline seen without tests |
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In self-paced learning, interim testing maintains study-time allocation across successive lists, preventing the decline seen without tests |
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