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Direct linkJulia Glaser; Tobias Richter – Teaching of Psychology, 2025
Background: Practice tests have been shown to be an effective means to foster long-term retention in higher education, at least compared to restudying (i.e., the testing effect). Objective: The present study replicated and extended prior research by examining whether and to what extent the positive effects of testing on long-term retention in a…
Descriptors: Testing, Retention (Psychology), Study Habits, Higher Education
Herbert Kalthoff; Fabian Koelsch – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2025
University examinations categorise students according to their individual achievements determined by teaching staff. This procedure serves the elicitation and certification of student knowledge and thus reproduces academic hierarchies. Drawing on empirical evidence from ethnographic fieldwork in Engineering and History departments, this article…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Evaluation, Testing, History Instruction
