The optimal learning strategy depends on learning goals and processes : retrieval practice versus worked examples

• Main Authors: Yeo, Darren J., Fazio, Lisa K.
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology; Social sciences::Education; Social sciences::Psychology::Consciousness and cognition; Testing Effect; Worked Examples
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144054
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Testing (having students recall material) and worked examples (having students study a completed problem) are both recommended as effective methods for improving learning. The two strategies rely on different underlying cognitive processes and thus may strengthen different types of learning in diffe...