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Direct linkWijnen, Marit; Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Schaap, Lydia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
This study investigated the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) on knowledge acquisition and knowledge retention in a controlled experiment in a lab setting. Eighty-eight first-year psychology students were randomly assigned to either a PBL condition, a lecture condition, or a self-study condition. All participants had the opportunity to study…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning, Retention (Psychology)
Schaap, Lydia; Verkoeijen, Peter; Schmidt, Henk – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
This study investigated the effects of two different true-false questions on memory awareness and long-term retention of knowledge. Participants took four subsequent knowledge tests on curriculum learning material that they studied at different retention intervals prior to the start of this study (i.e. prior to the first test). At the first and…
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Test Items, Memory, Long Term Memory
Schaap, Lydia; Schmidt, Henk G.; Verkoeijen, Peter P. J. L. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to gain insight into determinants of knowledge growth among first-year psychology students in a curriculum that uses the Progress Test (an assessment method for long-term retention of knowledge and knowledge growth) as its main assessment tool. To that end, the relation between the level of initial learning, prior…
Descriptors: Psychology, Problem Based Learning, Student Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
