Pre-instruction testing enhances memory for directly tested video content, with benefits shown for videos from 5 to 30 minutes¶
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q3 i? Prequestioning before video segments improved memory for directly tested video content relative to a view-only control condition. → Steven C. Pan 2023
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Steven C. Pan 2023¶
Steven C. Pan, Shana K. Carpenter. (2023). Prequestioning and Pretesting Effects: a Review of Empirical Research, Theoretical Perspectives, and Implications for Educational Practice. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09814-5
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Narrative review of Carpenter and Toftness (2017), where six practice questions were interpolated among two-minute segments of a seven-minute Easter Island video; the review reports the experimental condition "exhibited better memory for directly tested information relative to the control condition".
"On an immediate posttest, participants in the […] experimental condition exhibited better memory for directly tested information relative to the control condition"
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Related Claims¶
- Segmenting video into short pieces or click-forward pauses supports student engagement and learning from video — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Learners fail to recognize the benefits of pre-instruction testing, ranking it as least effective despite benefiting from it — related
- Pre-instruction testing enhances memory for directly tested text content relative to non-testing controls, at both immediate and one-week delayed posttests — related
- A review reports that pretesting helps paired-associate learning only when correct-answer feedback is immediate, but helps trivia-fact learning even when feedback is delayed up to 24 hours — related
- Questions interpolated between video lecture segments improve subsequent test performance and reduce mind wandering — related
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Pre-instruction testing enhances memory for directly tested video content, with benefits shown for videos from 5 to 30 minutes |
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Pre-instruction testing enhances memory for directly tested video content, with benefits shown for videos from 5 to 30 minutes |
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