Memorial consequences of multiple-choice testing on immediate and delayed tests
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Memorial consequences of multiple-choice testing on immediate and delayed tests.
Multiple-choice testing has both positive and negative consequences for performance on later tests. Prior testing increases the number of questions answered correctly on a later test but also increases the likelihood that questions will be answered with lures from the previous multiple-choice test (Roediger & Marsh, 2005). Prior research has shown that the positive effects of testing persist ov...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memory & Cognition
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0090-502X,1532-5946
DOI: 10.3758/mc.38.4.407