There is a new Best Evidence in Brief and one of the studies the newsletter discusses is all about the effect of testing:
Olusola O. Adesope and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis to summarize the learning benefits of taking a practice test versus other forms of non-testing learning conditions, such as re-studying, practice, filler activities, or no presentation of the material.
Results from 272 independent effects from 188 separate experiments demonstrated that the use of practice tests is associated with a moderate, statistically significant weighted mean effect size compared to…
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