The educational effects of frequent classroom testing have been studied and discussed
since the early part of this century. Testing advocates have suggested that more frequent …

The research literature on the effects of factual and higher order adjunct questions is
reviewed. The influence of 13 design variables on the direction and size of adjunct …

The influential first volume of the Handbook of Reading Research was published in 1984.
This classic work, an essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals across …

There is considerable evidence, gathered in a variety of settings and across many different
types of materials and procedures, that spaced repetitions—regardless of whether they are …

In the words of Aldous Huxley," Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to
magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and …

3. Design Studies Where the Complexities of Classroom Learning Can be
Addressed................ 64 4. Design and Implement Research Which Can be Coherently …

The Psychology of Reading provides a fair and coherent overall picture of how reading is
done and how it is best taught. It aims to relate reading to writing systems, analyze the …

Abstract 97 high school seniors studied a brief history text, then either took a test on the
passage, spent equivalent time reviewing the passage, or went on to an unrelated task. A …