Trends Cogn Sci January 2011 PMID 20951630

The critical role of retrieval practice in long-term retention.

Henry L Roediger, Andrew C Butler

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Discussions illustrate strong support for the article's emphasis on retrieval practice, with posts mentioning summaries, diagrams, and videos, and debates about methods like feedback and testing effects, reflecting active engagement and recognition of its significance.

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Abstract in brief

  • Retrieval practice, often viewed as just a way to test what has been learned, actually plays a critical role in strengthening long-term memory and enhances learning more effectively than repeated studying alone.
  • Feedback during retrieval improves its benefits, helping students retain and recall knowledge more flexibly across different situations.
  • This understanding underscores the importance of incorporating retrieval exercises in educational strategies to improve memory retention and transfer of knowledge.]

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A one page bitesize summary of the Critical role of retrieval practice in long term retention, from Roediger and Butler 2011. Available as a pdf on my shared drive

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A Word diagram summary of Roediger III and Butlers 2011 paper on The critical role of retrieval practice in long-term retention. Link to view the paper here https://t.co/yBgA08VpBe https://t.co/09YiuZ2Uvc

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A one page bitesize summary of the Critical role of retrieval practice in long term retention, from Roediger and Butler 2011. Available as a pdf on my shared drive

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Interested in retrieval practice? Join us 7th July at 4pm to hear Dr Gareth Bates (@smashEDITT) lead the discussion on the following ITT CCF retrieval practice papers (titles below) Paper 1 https://t.co/HC4PIF6PZx Paper 2 https://t.co/52q5eqOIDL Sign up: https://t.co/kSiXwGxTrE https://t.co/rnpb69bP7v

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3. Roediger, H., & Butler, A. (2011). The critical role of retrieval practice in long-term retention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15(1), 20-27.

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@dylanwiliam But how do you reconcile this with the hypercorrection effect? Is there any relation between high confidence errors and the time elapsed between feedback? Here's the paper: https://t.co/ewgy8Z8MQ3

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@DrMatthewJones @YetAnotherShaun First, take a look at the references. There is a real published paper with the title "The critical role of retrieval practice in long-term retention", but in a different year. The Cepeda et al. is fake (though the authors have written other papers with similar titles).

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