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Research source · meta-analysis · 2017

Rethinking the use of tests: a meta-analysis of practice testing

Olusola O. Adesope, Dominic A. Trevisan & Narayankripa Sundararajan · Review of Educational Research

What parents can take from this research

Low-stakes practice questions can be a learning tool when they are used to retrieve knowledge rather than simply grade it.

What the research found

Across a large evidence base, practice testing generally outperformed restudying and other non-testing comparison conditions for learning.

Full citation

Olusola O. Adesope, Dominic A. Trevisan & Narayankripa Sundararajan (2017). Rethinking the use of tests: a meta-analysis of practice testing. Review of Educational Research. DOI: 10.3102/0034654316689306.

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