Essays about: "Retrieval-practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Retrieval-practice.

1. 1. Collaborative Learning in an Immersive Virtual Environment: The Effects of Context and Retrieval Practice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Noelle Bender; [2024]
   Keywords : VR; collaborative Mapping; retrieval practice; contextual variation; desirable difficulty; ecological validity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The accessibility of Virtual Reality (VR) enables the investigation of desirable difficulties originating from memory research with increased ecological validity. The two desirable difficulties include contextual variation and retrieval practice. READ MORE

3. 2. Avoiding Misattribution Errors through Recollection: Can Retrieval Practice Suppress the Illusory Truth Effect?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Tim Brabender; [2023]
   Keywords : illusory truth effect; misinformation; retrieval practice; recollection; misattribution; processing fluency; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Misinformation is a major global issue and presents major negative impacts on many aspects of our lives. One of the factors facilitating misinformation belief is the illusory truth effect, the phenomenon of how repeated exposure to information can increase subjective truth. READ MORE

4. 3. Attaching Meaning to Chinese Characters : A retrieval practice study of learners with no knowledge of Chinese

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Jacob Tønnesen; [2019]
   Keywords : Mandarin Chinese; second language learning; thetesting effect; mandarin kinesiska; andraspråksinlärning; the testing effect;

   Abstract : En ökad efterfrågan på talare av mandarin kinesiska (hädanefterkinesiska) i väst har lett till ett ökat behov av högkvalitetsundervisning i kinesiska. I den här undersökningen studerade 24 svenska modersmålstalare utan tidigare kinesisk språkerfarenhet 60 svenska ord i kombination med deras kinesiska motsvarighet. READ MORE

5. 4. Individual Differences in Working Memory and the Effect of Retrieval Practice

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Joakim Lundqvist; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : There is a plethora of techniques for trying to maximize information retention, some more efficient than others. Retrieval practice, or repeated testing, has garnered much support in the scientific community for some time, due to its robust effect and ease of use. This has to do with a phenomenon denoted as the testing effect. READ MORE

6. 5. Test-Enhanced Learning, Working Memory, and Difficulty of Material

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Dennis Nordstrand; [2018]
   Keywords : working memory; working memory capacity; test-enhanced learning; testing effect; practice testing; retrieval practice; retrieval effort; desirable difficulty; n-back; complex span; simple span; arbetsminne; arbetsminneskapacitet; testeffekten; testbaserat lärande; svårighetsgrad;

   Abstract : It is well established that repeated testing is more beneficial for durable learning than repeated studying of the same material, a phenomenon known as the testing effect. This study sought to investigate the role of working memory capacity (WMC) in relation to the learning process and the difficulty of the material to be learned when using a test-enhanced learning method. READ MORE