A single practice test produced a larger effect (g = 0.70) than two or more practice tests (g = 0.51)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q4 · i2 medium
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q4 i2 Effects of practice tests were larger when used only once than when used twice or more, with a significant between-levels difference. → Adesope 2017

Evidence¶

Adesope 2017¶

Adesope, O. O., Trevisan, D. A., & Sundararajan, N. (2017). Rethinking the Use of Tests: A Meta-Analysis of Practice Testing. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654316689306

q4 · i2 · quant-synthesis · r3

Moderator analysis of number of practice tests (Table 2): one test k = 165 (g = 0.70), two or more k = 100 (g = 0.51), self-paced k = 4 (g = 0.31); between-levels QΒ(4) = 42.25, significant.

"Results demonstrate that the effects of practice tests were larger when they were used only once (g = 0.70) than when they were used twice or more (g = 0.51)."

Discussion¶

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