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The Forward Effects of Testing Transfer to Different Domains of Learning
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Yang, Chunliang; Chew, Siew-Jong; Sun, Bukuan; Shanks, David R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Interim testing of studied information, compared with restudying or no treatment, facilitates subsequent learning and retention of new information--"the forward testing effect." Previous research exploring this effect has shown that interim testing of studied information from a given domain enhances subsequent learning and retention of…
Descriptors: Testing, Transfer of Training, Retention (Psychology), Prior Learning
Formal Discipline Revisited: Affective Assessment and Nonspecific Transfer
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Rychlak, Joseph F.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Association (Psychology), Learning Theories, Paired Associate Learning
Transfer of a Mnemonic Keyword Strategy at Two Age Levels.
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Pressley, Michael; Dennis-Rounds, Janice – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Twelve- and 18-year-olds learned a list of paired associates; experimental subjects were instructed in mnemonics, while controls simply learned the pairings. When subjects were presented a list of Latin nouns and their translations to learn, spontaneous transfer of the mnemonic strategy occurred only among 18-year-olds. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Mnemonics, Paired Associate Learning
Syntactical Mediation and Transfer
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Schwenn, Elizabeth A.; Davidson, Robert E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1970
The relative effectiveness of sentence and conjunction contexts in reducing negative transfer and facilitating learning is empirically investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Mediation Theory
School Applications of the Mnemonic Keyword Method as a Study Strategy by Eighth Graders.
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Jones, Beau F.; Hall, James W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Two questions were addressed regarding the utility of the keyword method, originally developed as an instructional technique to facilitate foreign language vocabulary acquisition: (1) the method's applicability to other common school learning tasks; and (2) students' use of the method as a self-initiated study strategy. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Transfer from Teaching to Learning
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Long, K. Kilby – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
The effect of serving as an experimenter in a paired-associate learning procedure on subsequent learning is investigated. (DG)
Descriptors: College Students, Feedback, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Retention and Transfer of Mediation Set in Paired-Associate Learning of Educable Retarded Children
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Ross, Dorothea – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Handicapped Children, Mediation Theory, Mental Retardation