Open-book versus closed-book tests in university classes: A field experiment.

Autor/inn/en	Rummer, Ralf; Schweppe, Judith; Schwede, Annett
Titel	Open-book versus closed-book tests in university classes: A field experiment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Prüfungen mit offenen und geschlossenen Lehrbüchern im der Hochschullehre: Ein Feldversuch.
Quelle	In: Frontiers in psychology, (2019) 10, 8 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1664-1078
DOI	10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00463
Schlagwörter	Methode; Fähigkeit; Pädagogische Diagnostik; Test; Lernen; Lernmethode; Hochschule; Student
Abstract	The present field study compared open-book testing and closed-book testing in two (parallel) introductory university courses in cognitive psychology. The critical manipulation concerned seven lessons. In these lessons, all students received two to three questions concerning the content of the respective lesson. Half the participants (open-book group) were allowed to use their notes and the course materials, which had been distributed at the beginning of each class; the other half was not allowed to use these materials (closed-book group). A surprise test conducted in the eighth week demonstrated better results for the closed-book group. Further 6 weeks later, the final module exam took place. A number of questions in this exam concerned the learning matters instructed during the critical seven lessons. Even with respect to these questions, the closed-book group performed better than the open-book group. We discuss these results with respect to two possible explanations, retrieval practice and motivational differences. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2025/3