Two of the forum’s moderators share further ideas on how teachers can implement this research-backed strategy.

Retrieval practice (i.e., practice testing) enhances recall relative to other study methods, but it is still unclear when it helps most. Here, we ask if testing is more beneficial for weakly or ...

Retrieval practice performed shortly upon the encoding of information benefits recall of the retrieved information but causes forgetting of nonretrieved information. Here, we show that the forgetting ...

Despite the benefits of retrieval practice, students still tend to opt for more passive strategies. Here’s how to embed retrieval in your classroom to show them its power What is retrieval practice?