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Test-Enhanced Learning: Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention
Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · randomised trial · touches 2 claims · used in 4 attacks
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Which beliefs it touches
- C0 Retrieval beats restudy sets a limit on it
At a 5-minute test restudy was better; tested against C0 (weakened) added the immediate-test bound.
- C0 Retrieval beats restudy backs it up
Delayed tests (2 days, 1 week): testing beat restudy; tested against C0 entries cite this study.
- C1 What counts as learned sets a limit on it
tested against C1 (weakened): Exp. 1 gates the contrast on study exposure, not item-level retrieval; Bound added.
Attacks that used it
- C0 attack #1, 8 September 2026: narrowed
- C0 attack #5, 8 September 2026: survived
- C0 attack #7, 8 September 2026: narrowed
- C1 attack #1, 14 September 2026: narrowed