Vocabulary
Retrieval Practices
The Takeaway
More Than Just Tests
100
Recalling facts or concepts or events from memory
What is Retrieval
100
Using cards with information on both sides to quiz oneself
What is Flashcards
100
Type of retrieval that makes for stronger learning and retention
What is Effortful Retrieval
100
To be most _________, retrieval must be repeated again and again, in spaced out sessions so that the recall, rather than becoming a mindless recitation, requires some cognitive effort.
What is Effective
200
The power of retrieval as a learning tool
What is the Testing-Effect
200
Reading the book, chapter, or section again
What is Rereading
200
Your practice has been successful if you become "immune" against ___________
What is Forgetting
200
Keeps students from incorrectly retaining material they have misunderstood and produces better learning of the correct answers
What is Corrective Feedback
300
Allows for some forgetting to occur between retrieving information which leads to better long-term retention than massed practice
What is Spaced Retrieval Practice
300
Reading and answering questions in order to see what you know
What is Testing
300
A phenomenon where information is better remembered if it is generated from one's own mind rather than simply read
What is Generation Effect
300
A type of feedback that produces better long-term learning because it helps space practice
What is Delayed Feedback
400
Involves several cognitive activities that lead to stronger learning: retrieving knowledge and earlier training from memory, connecting these two experiences, and visualizing and mentally rehearsing what you might do differently next time
What is Reflection
400
Using what you have learned to actually do something like performing a surgery or an experiment, etc.
What is Hands-On Experience
400
The act of quizzing oneself and checking your own answers
What is Self-Testing
400
A fear of failing that you feel before or while taking an important examination that decreases if frequently tested
What is Test Anxiety
500
Makes memories more durable but produces knowledge that can be retrieved more readily, in varied settings, and apples to a wider variety of problems
What is Repeated Retrieval
500
Having a handful of questions or less to start class with that allows the teacher and the students to see what they are and are not understanding.
What is Bell Work
500
____________ subsequent retrieval practice is more potent for reinforcing retention than immediate practice since it requires more effort
What is Delayed
500
A type of feedback that is like training wheels on a bike because the learners quickly come to depend on the continued presence of the correction
What is Immediate Feedback
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