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Direct linkHolly A. White; Lauren Highfill; Lily C. Johnston; Aravinda Kalimi – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Background: Attentiveness during class is critical for learning. Teachers have strategies to promote active engagement and active learning, yet little control over students' baseline level of alertness and focus upon arriving to class. Objective: To evaluate the effect of pre-lecture cognitive exercise on attention and learning in lectures.…
Descriptors: Attention, Lecture Method, Program Effectiveness, Cognitive Development
Julia 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
