Across a review of 50 classroom experiments, lessons with question prompts consistently increased student learning compared to lessons without them¶

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q2 i? In a review of 50 classroom experiments, student learning consistently increased when teachers included question prompts during lessons, across a wide range of educational levels and content areas, compared to lessons without question prompts. → Pooja K. Agarwal 2024

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Pooja K. Agarwal 2024¶

Pooja K. Agarwal. (2024). Personal reflections on science communication and sharing retrieval practice research with teachers. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09839-w

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The commentary attributes this synthesis to Agarwal, Nunes, and Blunt (2021), a review of 50 classroom experiments comparing lessons with question prompts to lessons without them. The article reports the finding as "consistently increased" with no effect size printed.

"In a review of 50 classroom experiments, when teachers included question prompts during lessons, student learning consistently increased across a wide range of educational levels and content areas, compared to learning from lessons in which question prompts were not included"

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