The testing effect is a well-known concept referring to gains in learning and retention that
can occur when students take a practice test on studied material before taking a final test on …

Although error avoidance during learning appears to be the rule in American classrooms,
laboratory studies suggest that it may be a counterproductive strategy, at least for …

A freshly updated edition featuring research-based teaching techniques that faculty in any
discipline can easily implement Research into how we learn can help facilitate better student …

The primary goal of instruction should be to facilitate long-term learning—that is, to create
relatively permanent changes in comprehension, understanding, and skills of the types that …

Knowing how to manage one's own learning has become increasingly important in recent
years, as both the need and the opportunities for individuals to learn on their own outside of …

Educational practice does not, for the most part, rely on research findings. Instead, there'sa
preference for relying on our intuitions about what's best for learning. But relying on intuition …

Elizabeth Ligon Bjork: I am Professor and Senior Vice Chair of Psychology at the University
of California, Los Angeles. My research interests have included visual attention and …

Practicing retrieval is a powerful way to promote learning and long-term retention. This
chapter addresses the theoretical underpinnings of retrieval-based learning. We review …

The present research investigated whether test-enhanced learning can be used to promote
transfer. More specifically, 4 experiments examined how repeated testing and repeated …

Testing students on information that they do not know might seem like a fruitless endeavor.
After all, why give anyone a test that they are guaranteed to fail because they have not yet …