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Rethinking the Use of Tests: A Meta-Analysis of Practice Testing

Authors: Adesope, O. O.; Trevisan, D. A.; Sundararajan, N. · Year: 2017 · Tier: meta · DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654316689306

Across ages Foundations of optimal learning Attention and memory

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Supports (2)

ClaimBasis
C0Meta: practice testing beats restudy/rereading, also on transfer outcomes; C0 ledger 2026-09-08 (survived).
K06 (candidate)Note carries the bank kill sentence behind K06 (group K06); no change in review

Review state: first-pass draft, pending human review.

Source note (Swedish, verbatim from the Kunskapsbank)

Syntes: Adesope et al. 2017 — practice testing meta (LEARN-002)

Källa: Adesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan (2017). Rethinking the Use of Tests… Review of Educational Research, 87(3), 659–701. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654316689306

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Finding

  1. Övergripande g ≈ 0,61 (fixed) / 0,70 (random) för practice tests vs icke-testande villkor.
  2. Vs restudy: g ≈ 0,51; vs filler/ingen aktivitet: g ≈ 0,93.
  3. Format: short-answer g≈0,80; multiple-choice g≈0,70; effekt även när praktik- och slutformat skiljer sig.
  4. Klassrum ≈ labb (g≈0,67 vs 0,62). Retention-utfall starkare än blandade retention+transfer.
  5. Feedback hjälper men effekt även utan (g≈0,63 vs 0,60).

Mechanism

Retrieval practice (practice tests) stärker retention mer än restudy via test-enhanced learning.

Limits

Heterogenitet hög; transfer mer blygsam; många studier HE/labb trots klassrumssektion.

This claim dies if …

Meta där retrieval/spacing/interleaving förlorar mot reread/massed under ekologisk klassrumstid med delayed closed-book.

Swedish implication

Start retrieval/spacing/interleaving i planering; measure delayed closed-book, inte bara lektionstest.

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Metadata as recorded

Titel
Rethinking the Use of Tests: A Meta-Analysis of Practice Testing
Författare
Adesope, O. O.; Trevisan, D. A.; Sundararajan, N.
År
2017
Källa/DOI
https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654316689306
Tidskrift
Review of Educational Research, 87(3), 659–701
Typ
meta-analys (118 artiklar; 272 ES; N=15 427)
Åldersgrupp
övergripande (klassrum g≈0,67 ≈ labb)
Teman
optimalt-larande-grunder; uppmarksamhet-och-minne
Sparade fil
Adesope-etal-2017-practice-testing-meta.pdf (fulltext)
Hämtad
2026-09-07
ID
LEARN-002
Tier
meta
Köpflagga
NEJ (fulltext sparad via författar-/arkivkopia)

Original files held in the project (not published): Adesope-etal-2017-practice-testing-meta.pdf