The Forward Effects of Testing Transfer to Different Domains of Learning

Autor/inn/en	Yang, Chunliang; Chew, Siew-Jong; Sun, Bukuan; Shanks, David R.
Titel	The Forward Effects of Testing Transfer to Different Domains of Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 111 (2019) 5, S.809-826 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/edu0000320
Schlagwörter	Testing; Transfer of Training; Retention (Psychology); Prior Learning; Test Format; Learning Processes; Recall (Psychology); Learning Strategies; Learning Theories; Intellectual Disciplines; Foreign Countries; Paired Associate Learning; Undergraduate Students; Attention; Performance Factors; United Kingdom (London); China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Merkfähigkeit; Vorkenntnisse; Testentwicklung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Abberufung; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Geisteswissenschaften; Ausland; Aufmerksamkeit; Leistungsindikator
Abstract	Interim testing of studied information, compared with restudying or no treatment, facilitates subsequent learning and retention of new information--"the forward testing effect." Previous research exploring this effect has shown that interim testing of studied information from a given domain enhances subsequent learning and retention of new information within the same domain. In the current research, we ask whether interim testing can enhance subsequent encoding and retention of new information from a different domain. Experiment 1 showed that the forward testing effect is transferable; Experiment 2 further demonstrated this transferability even when material types and test formats are frequently switched; Experiment 3 documented transferability from low- to high-level learning. The results support a combined test-expectancy and retrieval-effort theory to account for the transfer of the forward testing effect. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01