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pretesting effect: a standalone construct

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Educational psychology

attempting to answer questions before studying improves later learning even when the initial attempts fail.

In educational psychology, pretesting effect refers to attempting to answer questions before studying improves later learning even when the initial attempts fail. This meaning comes from Richland (2009) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.[1]

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References

Richland, L. E., Kornell, N., & Kao, L. S. (2009). The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15(3), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016496

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