Learners tend to feel restudying confers more learning than being tested even though the opposite is true, per the review¶
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q2 i? The review reports that learners' impressions during learning tend to be the opposite of outcomes: they feel restudying helps more than testing despite testing producing better retention. → Anne M. Cleary 2026
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Anne M. Cleary 2026¶
Anne M. Cleary, Daniel H. Robinson. (2026). Why Growth Mindset Training Alone may not Improve Academic Outcomes: A Call for Research on Bundling Growth Mindset and Retrieval Practice Interventions. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10188-7
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The review's synthesis of cited studies (e.g., Karpicke & Roediger, 2008; Kornell & Son, 2009) states that "learners tend to feel that restudying confers more learning for them than being tested even though the opposite is true"; no effect size is printed for this assertion.
"learners tend to feel that restudying confers more learning for them than being tested even though the opposite is true"
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Learners tend to feel restudying confers more learning than being tested even though the opposite is true, per the review |
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Learners tend to feel restudying confers more learning than being tested even though the opposite is true, per the review |
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