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Multiple-choice pretesting potentiates learning of related information

Overview of attention for article published in Memory & Cognition, May 2016
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Title
Multiple-choice pretesting potentiates learning of related information
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Memory & Cognition, May 2016
DOI 10.3758/s13421-016-0621-z
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Jeri L. Little, Elizabeth Ligon Bjork

Abstract

Although the testing effect has received a substantial amount of empirical attention, such research has largely focused on the effects of tests given after study. The present research examines the effect of using tests prior to study (i.e., as pretests), focusing particularly on how pretesting influences the subsequent learning of information that is not itself pretested but that is related to the pretested information. In Experiment 1, we found that multiple-choice pretesting was better for the learning of such related information than was cued-recall pretesting or a pre-fact-study control condition. In Experiment 2, we found that the increased learning of non-pretested related information following multiple-choice testing could not be attributed to increased time allocated to that information during subsequent study. Last, in Experiment 3, we showed that the benefits of multiple-choice pretesting over cued-recall pretesting for the learning of related information persist over 48 hours, thus demonstrating the promise of multiple-choice pretesting to potentiate learning in educational contexts. A possible explanation for the observed benefits of multiple-choice pretesting for enhancing the effectiveness with which related nontested information is learned during subsequent study is discussed.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Unknown 72 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 16%
Researcher 8 11%
Other 6 8%
Professor 6 8%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Other 22 30%
Unknown 13 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 30 41%
Social Sciences 9 12%
Neuroscience 6 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 5%
Linguistics 2 3%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 17 23%
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