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Kubik, Veit; Koslowski, Kenneth; Schubert, Torsten; Aslan, Alp – Metacognition and Learning, 2022
Interim tests of previously studied information can potentiate subsequent learning of new information, in part, because retrieval-based processes help to reduce proactive interference from previously learned information. We hypothesized that an effect similar to this forward testing effect would also occur when making judgments of (prior) learning…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Decision Making, Interference (Learning), Learning Processes
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McCabe, Rebecca M.; Braasch, Jason – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Objectives and Theoretical Frame: Previous research has established the role of proactive interference (PI)--when old knowledge interferes with acquiring new knowledge--in forgetting simple experimental materials like lists of words (Wickens, 1972), nonsense syllables (Keppel & Underwood, 1962), and word pairs (Postman & Keppel, 1977).…
Descriptors: Testing, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Prior Learning