Test-Taking Cements Knowledge Better Than Studying, Researchers Say - NYTimes.com - 41 views
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found that students who read a passage, then took a test asking them to recall what they had read, retained about 50 percent more of the information a week later than students who used two other methods.
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I think that learning is all about retrieving, all about reconstructing our knowledge,
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When they are later asked what they have learned, she went on, they can more easily “retrieve it and organize the knowledge that they have in a way that makes sense to them.”
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