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Roediger, Henry L., III; Agarwal, Pooja K.; McDaniel, Mark A.; McDermott, Kathleen B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2011
Three experiments examined whether quizzing promotes learning and retention of material from a social studies course with sixth grade students from a suburban middle school. The material used in the experiments was the course material students were to learn and some of the dependent measures were the actual tests on which students received grades.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Multiple Choice Tests, Tests
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Miller, Arden – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Psychology departments in U.S., Canadian, English, and Irish universities were asked to describe their practices concerning student participation as subjects in experiments. Experimental participation as a requirement, with other options to fulfill that requirement, has become the most popular form of subject pool. The educational value is…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Education, Experimental Psychology, Experiments