The negative cascade of incongruent generative study-test processing in memory and metacomprehension

Thomas, Ayanna K.; McDaniel, Mark A.

doi:10.3758/bf03193305

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“…appropriate processing (TAP) theory, for example, purports that memory performance depends on how well the encoding operations match with those required at test, and processes associated with active retrieval under the testing context better match with processes in the final retrieval than do those associated with restudying (Morris, Bransford, & Franks, 1977;Roediger & Karpicke, 2006b;Thomas & McDaniel, 2007). However, as pointed out by Karpicke and colleagues (2014), the largest effects of retrieval practice are found after free recall or short test formats rather than after tests that match the final test.…”

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The role of retrieval mode and retrieval orientation in retrieval practice: insights from comparing recognition memory testing formats and restudying

Gao

Rosburg

Hou

et al. 2016

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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The effectiveness of retrieval practice for aiding long-term memory, referred to as the testing effect, has been widely demonstrated. However, the specific neurocognitive mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain unclear. In the present study, we sought to explore the role of pre-retrieval processes at initial testing on later recognition performance by using event-related potentials (ERPs). Subjects studied two lists of words (Chinese characters) and then performed a recognition task or a source memory task, or restudied the word lists. At the end of the experiment, subjects received a final recognition test based on the remember-know paradigm. Behaviorally, initial testing (active retrieval) enhanced memory retention relative to restudying (passive retrieval). The retrieval mode at initial testing was indexed by more positive-going ERPs for unstudied items in the activeretrieval tasks than in passive retrieval from 300 to 900 ms. Follow-up analyses showed that the magnitude of the early ERP retrieval mode effect (300-500 ms) was predictive of the behavioral testing effect later on. In addition, the ERPs for correctly rejected new items during initial testing differed between the two active-retrieval tasks from 500 to 900 ms, and this ERP retrieval orientation effect predicted differential behavioral testing gains between the two active-retrieval conditions. Our findings confirm that initial testing promotes later retrieval relative to restudying, and they further suggest that adopting pre-retrieval processing in the forms of retrieval mode and retrieval orientation might contribute to these memory enhancements.

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The role of retrieval mode and retrieval orientation in retrieval practice: insights from comparing recognition memory testing formats and restudying

Gao

Rosburg

Hou

et al. 2016

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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“…Concept map construction is an intervention specifically targeting the situation model. Thiede, Wiley and Griffin (2011) showed that providing instructions about what kind of test to expect and giving practice tests focused college students on appropriate cues and produced more accurate monitoring (see also Thomas & McDaniel, 2007). Two additional advantages arise from assessing the validity of concept map construction as an intervention with a youner population.…”

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Concept mapping improves metacomprehension accuracy among 7th graders

Redford

Thiede

Wiley

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Learning and Instruction

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“…Another approach that has been taken toward improving metacomprehension accuracy has been to align judgments and tests by manipulating encoding activities (e.g., Griffin, Wiley, & Thiede, 2008;Thomas & McDaniel, 2007). For instance, Thiede, Griffin, Wiley, and Anderson (2010) had college students construct concept maps, which focused participants on the connections of ideas among the texts while reading.…”

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Elementary school experience with comprehension testing may influence metacomprehension accuracy among seventh and eighth graders.

Thiede¹,

Redford²,

Wiley³

et al. 2012

Journal of Educational Psychology

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We explored whether exposure to different kinds of comprehension tests during elementary years influenced metacomprehension accuracy among 7th and 8th graders. This research was conducted in a kindergarten through 8th grade charter school with an expeditionary learning curriculum. In literacy instruction, teachers emphasize reading for meaning and inference building, and they regularly assess deep comprehension with summarization, discussion, dialogic reasoning, and prediction activities throughout the elementary years. The school recently expanded, doubling enrollments in 7th and 8th grades. Thus, approximately half of the students had long-term exposure to the curriculum and the other half did not. In Study 1, metacomprehension accuracy measured with the standard relative accuracy paradigm was significantly better for long-time students than for newcomers. In Study 2, all students engaged in delayed-keyword generation before judging their comprehension of texts. Metacomprehension accuracy was again significantly better for long-time students than for newcomers. Further, the superior monitoring accuracy led to more effective regulation of study, as seen in better decisions about which texts to restudy, which led, in turn, to better comprehension. The results suggest the importance of early exposure to comprehension tests for developing skills in comprehension monitoring and self-regulated learning.

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The negative cascade of incongruent generative study-test processing in memory and metacomprehension

Abstract: Can students evaluate their understanding of cause-and-effect relations? The effects of diagram completion on monitoring accuracy.

Cited by 62 publications

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The role of retrieval mode and retrieval orientation in retrieval practice: insights from comparing recognition memory testing formats and restudying

The role of retrieval mode and retrieval orientation in retrieval practice: insights from comparing recognition memory testing formats and restudying

Concept mapping improves metacomprehension accuracy among 7th graders

Elementary school experience with comprehension testing may influence metacomprehension accuracy among seventh and eighth graders.

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