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Memorial consequences of answering SAT II questions.

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Marsh, EJ; Agarwal, PK; Roediger, HL
Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Applied
March 2009

Many thousands of students take standardized tests every year. In the current research, we asked whether answering standardized test questions affects students' later test performance. Prior research has shown both positive and negative effects of multiple-choice testing on later tests, with negative effects arising from students selecting incorrect alternatives on multiple-choice tests and then believing they were correct (Roediger & Marsh, 2005). In the current experiments, undergraduates and high school students answered multiple-choice questions retired from SAT II tests (that are no longer in the testing pool) on biology, chemistry, U.S. history, and world history, and later answered cued-recall questions about these subjects. In 3 experiments, we observed positive testing effects: More final cued-recall questions were answered correctly if the items had appeared on the initial multiple-choice test. We also sometimes observed negative testing effects: intrusions of multiple-choice distractors as answers on the final cued-recall test. Students who scored well on the initial test benefited from taking the test, but lower achieving students showed either less benefit (undergraduates) or costs from the testing (high school students).

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Journal of experimental psychology. Applied

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1939-2192

ISSN

1076-898X

Publication Date

March 2009

Volume

15

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 11

Related Subject Headings

  • Students
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Retention, Psychology
  • Psychometrics
  • Practice, Psychological
  • Mental Recall
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
 

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Marsh, E. J., Agarwal, P. K., & Roediger, H. L. (2009). Memorial consequences of answering SAT II questions. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied, 15(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014721
Marsh, Elizabeth J., Pooja K. Agarwal, and Henry L. Roediger. “Memorial consequences of answering SAT II questions.Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied 15, no. 1 (March 2009): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014721.
Marsh EJ, Agarwal PK, Roediger HL. Memorial consequences of answering SAT II questions. Journal of experimental psychology Applied. 2009 Mar;15(1):1–11.
Marsh, Elizabeth J., et al. “Memorial consequences of answering SAT II questions.Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied, vol. 15, no. 1, Mar. 2009, pp. 1–11. Epmc, doi:10.1037/a0014721.
Marsh EJ, Agarwal PK, Roediger HL. Memorial consequences of answering SAT II questions. Journal of experimental psychology Applied. 2009 Mar;15(1):1–11.

Published In

Journal of experimental psychology. Applied

DOI

EISSN

1939-2192

ISSN

1076-898X

Publication Date

March 2009

Volume

15

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 11

Related Subject Headings

  • Students
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Retention, Psychology
  • Psychometrics
  • Practice, Psychological
  • Mental Recall
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology