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 …

The development of students’ higher order learning is a critical component of education. For
decades, educators and scientists have engaged in an ongoing debate about whether …

Over the course of a 5-year applied research project with more than 1,400 middle school
students, evidence from a number of studies revealed that retrieval practice in authentic …

… Experiment 1 was conducted as part of an undergraduate honours thesis completed by
Pooja K. Agarwal, portions of which were presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the …

Practicing retrieval of recently studied information enhances the likelihood of the learner
retrieving that information in the future. We examined whether short-answer and multiple-choice …

We examined whether learning from quizzing arises from memorization of answers or fosters
more complete understanding of the quizzed content. In middle‐school science classes, …

Vascular development begins when mesodermal cells differentiate into endothelial cells,
which then form primitive vessels. It has been hypothesized that endothelial-specific gene …

Transcriptional cascades responsible for initiating the formation of vertebrate embryonic
structures such as limbs are not well established. Limb formation occurs as a result of interplay …

Typically, teachers use tests to evaluate students' knowledge acquisition. In a novel
experimental study, we examined whether low-stakes testing (quizzing) can be used to foster …

Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a lifelong genodermatosis associated
with blistering, wounding, and scarring caused by mutations in COL7A1, the gene …