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Applying retrieval and distributed practices to enhance student learning and achievement in a university course

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A three-component strategy that included educating students about the counterintuitive benefits of retrieval and distributed practices, encouraging independent application of these methods, and utilizing pop quizzes to facilitate retrieval and foster distributed studying habits resulted in significant increases in student exam performance in a university course.

Source: AJP Advances in Physiology Education

DOI: 10.1152/advan.00173.2025

Author: John Dobson

Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington

Language: English

Topic: Memory Processes and Influences

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4414602572

FWCI: 1.141

Cites: 22

Cited by: 2

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