Over a century of research has established practice testing as a highly robust learning
strategy that promotes long-term retention. However, learners do not always appreciate the …

Retrieval practice has been widely studied as an effective strategy for enhancing memory. In
this review article, we discuss how its effects on learning complex problem-solving …

In peer instruction, instructors pose a challenging question to students, students answer the
question individually, students work with a partner in the class to discuss their answers, and …

Over 100 years of research shows that retrieval practice is highly effective for enhancing
student learning. When managing their own study behaviors, however, students tend to …

Understanding how students self-regulate their learning experiences has been at the
forefront of many empirical and theoretical advances in both cognitive and educational …

In this article, we leverage data from over 1,000 students participating in two different online
courses to investigate whether better learning outcomes are associated with student …

Study strategies that learners utilize impact how much they learn. Practicing retrieval from
long-term memory (eg, practice tests or flashcards) is a particularly effective study strategy …

Although retrieval practice is a more effective learning strategy than restudy, students
oftentimes prefer the latter. Previous studies have investigated this suboptimal decision at …

Retrieval practice is beneficial for both easy-to-learn and difficult-to-learn materials, but
scant research has examined students' use of self-testing for items of varying difficulty. In two …

We examined students' naturalistic decisions about spacing their study in an undergraduate
course (N= 185) and whether self-selected spacing predicted course performance. Usage of …