The positive and negative consequences of multiple-choice testing.
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Roediger, HL; Marsh, EJ
Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition
September 2005
Multiple-choice tests are commonly used in educational settings but with unknown effects on students' knowledge. The authors examined the consequences of taking a multiple-choice test on a later general knowledge test in which students were warned not to guess. A large positive testing effect was obtained: Prior testing of facts aided final cued-recall performance. However, prior testing also had negative consequences. Prior reading of a greater number of multiple-choice lures decreased the positive testing effect and increased production of multiple-choice lures as incorrect answers on the final test. Multiple-choice testing may inadvertently lead to the creation of false knowledge.
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Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition
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1939-1285
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0278-7393
Publication Date
September 2005
Volume
31
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1155 / 1159
Related Subject Headings
- Mental Recall
- Memory
- Humans
- Experimental Psychology
- Cues
- Choice Behavior
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology
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Roediger, H. L., & Marsh, E. J. (2005). The positive and negative consequences of multiple-choice testing. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31(5), 1155–1159. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1155
Roediger, Henry L., and Elizabeth J. Marsh. “The positive and negative consequences of multiple-choice testing.” Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition 31, no. 5 (September 2005): 1155–59. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1155.
Roediger HL, Marsh EJ. The positive and negative consequences of multiple-choice testing. Journal of experimental psychology Learning, memory, and cognition. 2005 Sep;31(5):1155–9.
Roediger, Henry L., and Elizabeth J. Marsh. “The positive and negative consequences of multiple-choice testing.” Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 31, no. 5, Sept. 2005, pp. 1155–59. Epmc, doi:10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1155.
Roediger HL, Marsh EJ. The positive and negative consequences of multiple-choice testing. Journal of experimental psychology Learning, memory, and cognition. 2005 Sep;31(5):1155–1159.
Published In
Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition
DOI
EISSN
1939-1285
ISSN
0278-7393
Publication Date
September 2005
Volume
31
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1155 / 1159
Related Subject Headings
- Mental Recall
- Memory
- Humans
- Experimental Psychology
- Cues
- Choice Behavior
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology