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Retrieval Practice Enhances Analogical Problem Solving.
- Source :
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Journal of Experimental Education . 2019, Vol. 87 Issue 1, p128-138. 11p. 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The impact of retrieval practice on analogical-problem-solving performance was investigated using a complex, educationally relevant task. Participants studied a statistical hypothesis testing scenario and practiced recalling the material or repeatedly studied it. Participants then completed a final test either 5 minutes or 1 week later involving a novel hypothesis-testing scenario that shared an intermediate procedural strategy and superficial and structural similarity with the study scenario but that differed at a specific procedure level. When the final test was given after 5 minutes, no differences in performance were observed across conditions (d = 0.01). Crucially, on the delayed test, retrieval practice produced superior performance than did repeated studying (d = 0.81), whereby participants were better at applying learned knowledge to solve a novel problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220973
- Volume :
- 87
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Experimental Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136202692
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2017.1409185