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The testing effect is a very well studied, well established effect in psychology. It essentially says that long term retention of information is increased through testing of the information. In this seminar, I will discuss some of previous research on the testing effect as well as my experience using the testing effect.

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Dempster, F.N. (1988). The spacing effect: A case study in the failure to apply the results of psychological research. American Psychologist, 43(8), 627-634.
Eriksson, J., Kalpouzos, G., Nyberg, L. (2011). Rewiring the brain with repeated retrieval: A parametric fMRI study of the testing effect. Neuroscience Letters, 505(1), 36-40.
Fain, R. J., & Hieb, J. L., & Ralston, P. A., & Lyle, K. B. (2015). Can the Spacing Effect Improve the Effectiveness of a Math Intervention Course for Engineering Students. Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23660
Karpicke, J. D. (2012). Retrieval-based learning: Active retrieval promotes meaningful learning. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21(3), 157-163.
Roediger, H., Karpicke, J. (2006). Test-Enhanced Learning: Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention. Psychol Sci. 2006 Mar;17(3):249-55.
Roediger, H. L., III, Putnam, A. L., & Smith, M. A. (2011). Ten benefits of testing and their applications to educational practice. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 44, 1–36.
Tibbles, Richard. (2015). Exploring the Impact of Spacing in Mathematics Learning through Data Mining. EDM
Wing, E., Marsh, E., Cabeza, R. (2013) Neural correlates of retrieval-based memory enhancement: An fMRI study of the testing effect. Neuropsychologia, 51, 2360-3270

The Testing Effect

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