Over the last century hundreds of studies have demonstrated that testing is an effective
intervention to enhance long-term retention of studied knowledge and facilitate mastery of …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Psychological
Bulletin on Oct 5 2020 (see record 2020-74925-001). In the article, the Appendix and …

In recent years evidence has accumulated showing that interim testing of studied information
facilitates learning and retrieval of new information—the forward testing effect. In the current …

Objective. The purpose of this review is to discuss some principles from cognitive
psychology regarding the benefits of testing and translate those findings into practical …

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 …

Practicing retrieval on previously studied materials can potentiate subsequent learning of
new materials. In four experiments, we investigated the influence of retention interval and …

Prior testing can facilitate subsequent learning, a phenomenon termed the forward testing
effect (FTE). We examined a metacognitive account of this effect, which proposes that the …

Measurement of mental processes is the bedrock of cognitive psychology, but the
interpretation of such measurements is profoundly undermined by evidence that many …

Natural category learning is important in science education. One strategy that has been
empirically supported for enhancing category learning is testing, which facilitates not only …

Taking a test on previously learned material can enhance new learning. One explanation for
this forward testing effect is that retrieval inoculates learners from proactive interference (PI) …