One month after learning, retention rank remains roughly stable: students maintain immediate-reproduction rank at least three out of four times¶

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Currency · newest study 1911 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Retention of subjects F and C tested one month after learning was practically the same, and in large classes the chances were at least three out of four that students maintained the same rank in long retention as in immediate reproduction. → Pyle 1911

Evidence¶

Pyle 1911¶

Pyle, W. H. (1911). Retention as related to repetition. Journal of Educational Psychology, 2(6), 311–321. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0073818

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The author retested subjects F and C from experiment III one month after learning using the even-numbered tests, finding practically the same retention; a related class-level check found at least three-out-of-four rank stability a month after material was given. The author takes this as evidence that learning is the important thing, absent reviewing.

"We have also tested the retention of the members of large classes a month after matter was given, and found the chances to be at least three out of four that students would maintain the same rank in long retention that they had in immediate reproduction."

Discussion¶

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