Permitting feedback skipping increases the number of retrieval attempts completed within a fixed learning time¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Items received an average of 5.88 test trials when skipping was permitted versus four test trials when skipping was forbidden. → Matthew Jensen Hays 2010

Evidence¶

Matthew Jensen Hays 2010¶

Matthew Jensen Hays, Nate Kornell, and Robert A. Bjork. (2010). The costs and benefits of providing feedback during learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.17.6.797

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Trial-count analysis in the Results section of the fixed-time experiment: permitting skipping "allowed a greater number of retrieval attempts," as the manipulation intended.

"When skipping was forbidden, each item received four test trials. When skipping was permitted, each item received an average of 5.88 test trials ( SD 5 0.90). This difference was reliable [t(67) 5 17.17, p , .001]."

Discussion¶

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