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Aaron S. Richmond; Anna Ropp; Jennifer Bradford; Graham S. Ignizio; Jeff Hammond; Denise Mowder; Jessica M. Bittmann – College Teaching, 2024
Past research indicates that the testing effect is an effective tool to improve memory and retention and academic performance, however, very few studies have investigated the effects across academic disciplines with a focus on higher- vs. lower-level learning. Therefore, in the current study, we sought to examine whether the testing effect occurs…
Descriptors: Testing, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Intellectual Disciplines
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Pizzolato, Jane Elizabeth – College Teaching, 2009
Through interviews with twenty-nine students who completed an educational psychology class that required self-study, the author investigates the relation between the amount of dissonance students experienced between their schemas for learning and the type of learning required by the course, as well as the type of knowledge the students…
Descriptors: Psychology, Interviews, Undergraduate Students, Knowledge Level