Given the growing interest in retrieval practice among educators, it is valuable to know when
retrieval practice does and does not improve student learning—particularly for educators …

Testing students on information that they do not know might seem like a fruitless endeavor.
After all, why give anyone a test that they are guaranteed to fail because they have not yet …

The use of practice tests to enhance learning, or test-enhanced learning, ranks among the
most effective of all pedagogical techniques. We investigated the relative efficacy of …

The current study examined whether the learning benefits of pretesting—like those
produced by posttesting—generalize to classroom settings, and whether such benefits …

Research in cognitive science has brought to light a number of findings that can enhance
education. In particular, studies have revealed specific techniques that significantly enhance …

Introduction A significant proportion of currently enrolled college students receive support for
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and these students are often at risk of …

Asking questions before studying (ie, prequestions) is an effective strategy for learning, but
there is not enough evidence demonstrating how integrative prequestions lead to a general …

Brazil has the 12th highest gross domestic product in the world but ranks 57th regarding
education achievement. From this perspective, we discuss how the learning strategy named …

It is critical to promote solid and long-lasting learning techniques in children and
adolescents worldwide, including the most underprivileged ones, to improve various aspects …

Giving students test questions before they have learned the correct answers (ie,
prequestions) enhances learning. However, existing research has provided conflicting …