Spaced recall quizzing improves long-term retention even when immediate feedback is not provided¶
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Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? The retention quizzes produced statistically significant improvements in long-term retention despite the study design preventing immediate feedback and not ensuring students reviewed delayed feedback. → Lindquist 2024
Evidence¶
Lindquist 2024¶
Lindquist, D. S., Sparrow, B. E., & Lindquist, J. M. (2024). Spaced recall reduces forgetting of fundamental mathematical concepts in a post high school precalculus course. Instructional Science, 52, 859-878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-024-09680-w
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Authors' interpretation of the main retention result in light of the feedback design: quizzes were graded automatically with scores and worked solutions released later the same day, with no class time for discussion. No effect size is printed.
"This is worth noting because even without a way of providing immediate feedback or ensuring that students engaged with that feedback later, the RQs produced statistically significant improvements in students' long-term retention (see Sect. 3). Consequently, even in classroom situations where providing immediate feedback is not possible, quizzing alone is still effective in improving long-term retention."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Spaced recall quizzing significantly improves overall post-test performance on fundamental mathematics without harming learning of current material — related
- Weekly spaced recall quizzes on fundamental concepts significantly improve 6-month retention of those concepts in a precalculus course — related
- Spaced retrieval practice produces better final retention than massed retrieval even though spacing lowers initial retrieval success, and more absolute spacing enhances long-term retention — related
- Spaced Retrieval Improves Retention — a broader claim this one bears on
- Feedback Enhances Retrieval Practice — related
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Spaced recall quizzing improves long-term retention even when immediate feedback is not provided |
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Spaced recall quizzing improves long-term retention even when immediate feedback is not provided |
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