Testing can be useful for students and teachers

Friday, October 5, 2012 - 13:01 in Psychology & Sociology

While testing can be useful as an assessment tool, researchers suggests that the actual process of taking a test can also help us to learn and retain new information over the long term and apply it across different contexts. New research explores the nuanced interactions between testing, memory, and learning and suggests possible applications for testing in educational settings.

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