Failure to obtain a testing effect with immediate tests may be partly due to working memory depletion¶

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q2 i? Based on results from immediate versus delayed post-tests, each preceded by an assessment of working memory capacity, the authors conclude that the failure to obtain a testing effect using immediate tests may at least be in part due to working memory depletion. → Paul Ginns & Jimmie Leppink 2019

Evidence¶

Paul Ginns & Jimmie Leppink 2019¶

Paul Ginns & Jimmie Leppink. (2019). Special Issue on Cognitive Load Theory: Editorial. Educational Psychology Review, 31, 255–259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09474-4

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Three experiments based on CLT's consideration of the testing effect through the lens of working memory resource depletion, summarized in the editorial. The conclusion is hedged: the failure "may at least be in part due to working memory depletion."

"the authors conclude that the failure to obtain a testing effect using immediate tests may at least be in part due to working memory depletion."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Working Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

Chunking reduces working memory load by grouping information into fewer, more meaningful units. — related
Retrieval practice improves long-term retention — related

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