Practice testing yields transferrable learning relative to a nontesting reexposure control condition (d = 0.40)¶
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q4 i2 Across 192 transfer effect sizes from 122 experiments and 67 articles, a random-effects model showed testing yields transferrable learning relative to a nontesting reexposure control, d = 0.40, 95% CI [0.31, 0.50]. → Steven C. Pan and Timothy C. Rickard 2018
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Steven C. Pan and Timothy C. Rickard 2018¶
Steven C. Pan and Timothy C. Rickard. (2018). Transfer of Test-Enhanced Learning: Meta-Analytic Review and Synthesis. Psychological Bulletin. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000151
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Meta-analysis of 192 transfer effect sizes from 122 experiments in 67 published and unpublished articles (N = 10,382), each measuring transfer against a nontesting reexposure control. The random-effects model found "testing can yield transferrable learning" with d = 0.40, 95% CI [0.31, 0.50].
"A random-effects model revealed that testing can yield transferrable learning as measured relative to a nontesting reexposure control condition (d = 0.40, 95% CI [0.31, 0.50])."
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Practice testing yields transferrable learning relative to a nontesting reexposure control condition (d = 0.40) |
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Practice testing yields transferrable learning relative to a nontesting reexposure control condition (d = 0.40) |
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2018 |
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