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 …

Recently, the testing effect has received a great deal of attention from researchers and
educators who are intrigued by its potential to enhance student learning in the classroom …

Laboratory studies show that taking a test on studied material promotes subsequent learning
and retention of that material on a final test (termed the testing effect). Educational research …

The testing effect is a well-known concept referring to gains in learning and retention that
can occur when students take a practice test on studied material before taking a final test on …

The testing effect is a robust empirical finding in the research on learning and instruction,
demonstrating that taking tests during the learning phase facilitates later retrieval from long …

Testing in school is usually done for purposes of assessment, to assign students grades
(from tests in classrooms) or rank them in terms of abilities (in standardized tests). Yet tests …

Practice testing is a powerful tool to consolidate long-term retention of studied information,
facilitate subsequent learning of new information, and foster knowledge transfer. However …

An important recent finding is that testing improves learning and memory. In this article, the
authors describe a demonstration that illustrates this principle and helps students …

Although summative testing is often maligned within educational communities, practice
testing is one of the most well-established strategies for improving student learning. Despite …

Three experiments examined whether quizzing promotes learning and retention of material
from a social studies course with sixth grade students from a suburban middle school. The …