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Foundations of optimal learning

Generated view: 23 sources whose Kunskapsbank note was filed under this theme, and the claims and candidates they link to.

Claims

C0 weakened

After the material has been encoded, practicing retrieval produces more durable retention than spending the same time restudying when the criterion test is delayed, items are correctly retrieved repeatedly in practice with corrective feedback (a single correct retrieval is not enough), and no-feedback multiple-choice practice is excluded. At an immediate (~5 min) test, equal-time restudy can be superior. Once initial learning is equated, the claim does not assert that this advantage grows as final-test delay grows. The claim does not hold when encoding never succeeded, when the practice test is a poor match to what must later be remembered, when practice accuracy is relatively low and no feedback is given, or when “testing” is high-stakes performance rather than practice. The claim does not transfer to novel, meaningless abstract visual materials that lack preexisting semantic scaffolding.

Serves: Q1 (What is optimal learning?)
Ages: not restricted by the claim text; linked bank evidence is mostly adults/university students plus age-spanning reviews (overgripande)

Bounds: Main contrast is for delayed criterion tests, not immediate (~5 min) tests. Delayed contrast requires repeated successful retrievals with corrective feedback (not one-shot success); no-feedback multiple-choice practice is excluded. Delay-growth of the retrieval–restudy advantage is not claimed once initial learning is equated. High semantic relatedness of cue–target materials reduces relative efficacy of retrieval vs restudy (~26%) but does not erase the advantage (Gupta, Pan & Rickard 2026; kill-condition test survived 2026-09-28). Novel meaningless abstract visual materials lacking preexisting semantic scaffolding: McCarter, Huber & Cowell 2025 (six experiments) found restudy ≥ retrieval (sometimes significantly better) despite feedback and delays — outside the claim (cf. Ferreira & Wimber 2023 on meaningful vs low-semantic visual materials).

Attack record: 12 attacks: 6 survived, 6 narrowed · Evidence links: 12 linked sources (7 supports, 5 limits, 2 challenges)

13 link(s) from sources in this view.

C1 weakened

Encoding has succeeded when the learner can later access the target under cue conditions that match the practice criterion without new presentation of the material — accessibility under that cue set, not mere study exposure or storage-without-access. Under corrective feedback, that accessibility criterion is stricter than what C0's delayed retrieval-over-restudy contrast requires: the contrast can appear equally when unaided practice success is experimentally low.

Serves: Q1 (What is optimal learning?)
Ages: not restricted by the claim text

Bounds: Canonical retrieval-practice designs that motivate C0 (e.g. Roediger & Karpicke 2006 Exp. 1) typically gate the restudy/test contrast on study exposure rather than item-level verified retrieval; C1 asserts a stricter accessibility criterion than those designs verify. Success here is accessibility under the practice/criterion cue set (Tulving & Pearlstone), not storage availability alone and not “was on the page.” Encoding success is criterion-relative (Morris, Bransford & Franks transfer-appropriate processing): it is defined relative to the practice/criterion task, not as task-free storage strength. Kill-condition prong 2 is met under corrective feedback (Gupta, Pan & Rickard 2022, DOI 10.3758/s13421-021-01236-4, full text verified 2026-10-01): with practice success experimentally ~0.22 versus ~0.55 via prior-study load, retrieval-with-feedback still beat restudy at ~48 h by a similar margin (Exp. 1 finals ~0.40 vs 0.24 at low success and ~0.60 vs 0.41 at high, no Training×Repetition interaction), so C0's delayed contrast with feedback does not require high unaided practice-phase accessibility success. Racsmány, Szőllősi & Marián 2020 (DOI 10.3758/s13421-020-01041-5, full text verified 2026-10-02): no-feedback equality residual tested and failed — practice success experimentally varied via prior-study load with no practice feedback and a restudy arm; first-final 1-week TE present but not equal across levels (Exp 1 practice ~25–29%, TE d=0.43; Exp 2 ~66–75%, d=1.33; Exp 3 ~76–81%, d=1.71 / ~61% vs ~28%), so without feedback the contrast does not appear equally when accessibility fails for most items; survived 2026-10-02.

Attack record: 7 attacks: 3 survived, 4 narrowed · Evidence links: 9 linked sources (4 supports, 5 limits)

5 link(s) from sources in this view.

Candidates (not approved)

Sources

SourceTierLinks
AI-011 · The Relative Effectiveness of Human Tutoring, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, and Other Tutoring Systems (2011)metaK28 supports
AI-012 · Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems: A Meta-Analytic Review (2016)metaK22 supports
AI-013 · Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis (2014)metaK23 supports
CLT-001 · Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later (2019)positionK13 supports
CLT-002 · Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning (2003)positionK13 supports
CLT-003 · A review of research and a meta-analysis of the seductive detail effect (2012)metaK13 supports
DI-001 · Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching (2006)positionunlinked
DI-002 · The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research (2018)metaunlinked
DI-003 · Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know (2012 (artikel; baserad på IAE/UNESCO Educational Practices Series-21, 2010))positionunlinked
KNOW-002 · How Knowledge Helps: It Speeds and Strengthens Reading Comprehension, Learning—and Thinking (2006)positionunlinked
LEARN-001 · Improving Students' Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology (2013)positionC0 limits, C0 supports, K06 supports
LEARN-002 · Rethinking the Use of Tests: A Meta-Analysis of Practice Testing (2017)metaC0 supports, K06 supports
LEARN-003 · Distributed Practice in Verbal Recall Tasks: A Review and Quantitative Synthesis (2006)metaK06 supports
LEARN-004 · Test-Enhanced Learning: Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention (2006)RCTC0 limits, C0 supports, C1 limits, K06 supports
LEARN-005 · Teaching the science of learning (2018)positionC0 supports, K06 supports
LEARN-006 · Similarity matters: A meta-analysis of interleaved learning and its moderators (2019)metaK06 limits
LEARN-010 · Semantic relatedness and the efficacy of retrieval practice (2026)RCTC0 supports
LEARN-011 · No evidence of a visual testing effect for novel, meaningless objects (2025)RCTC0 limits
LEARN-012 · Does Memory Accessibility Affect How Much We Learn from Studying? (2025)RCTC0 challenges, C1 supports
LEARN-013 · The Magnitude of the Testing Effect Is Independent of Retrieval Practice Performance (2024)RCTC0 challenges, C1 limits
LEARN-014 · Prior episodic learning and the efficacy of retrieval practice (2022)RCTC0 supports, C1 limits
LEARN-015 · Reversing the testing effect by feedback is a matter of performance criterion at practice (2020)RCTC0 supports, C1 supports
MEM-004 · Desirable Difficulties in Theory and Practice (2020 (kommentar till specialnummer; begreppet myntat 1994))positionC0 limits, K07 supports
Former theme summary (Swedish, from the Kunskapsbank archive)

Tema: Optimalt lärande — kognitiva grunder

CLT, CTML, spacing/retrieval/interleaving/dual coding/desirable difficulties som svarar direkt på ledfråga (1): Vad är optimalt lärande? (oberoende av mode).

Kärna denna körning (Djupdykning A): retrieval + spacing = hög utility; interleaving villkorat; dual coding ≠ learning styles; desirable difficulties + CLT som ram.