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Interleaved practice enhances memory and problem-solving ability in undergraduate physics by Samani, Joshua, Pan, Steven C.

“…We investigated whether continuously alternating between topics during practice, or interleaved practice, improves memory and the ability to solve problems in…”
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Does Interleaved Practice Enhance Foreign Language Learning? The Effects of Training Schedule on Spanish Verb Conjugation Skills by Pan, Steven C., Tajran, Jahan, Lovelett, Jarrett, Osuna, Jessica, Rickard, Timothy C.

“…Do the cognitive benefits of interleaving-the method of alternating between two or more skills or concepts during training-extend to foreign language learning?…”
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User-Generated Digital Flashcards Yield Better Learning Than Premade Flashcards by Pan, Steven C., Zung, Inez, Imundo, Megan N., Zhang, Xuxin, Qiu, Yunning

“…Digital flashcard users typically must choose between creating their own flashcard content or using freely available flashcard sets. The latter is more…”
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Transfer of Test-Enhanced Learning: Meta-Analytic Review and Synthesis by Pan, Steven C, Rickard, Timothy C

“…Attempting recall of information from memory, as occurs when taking a practice test, is one of the most potent training techniques known to learning science…”
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Sleep and Motor Learning: Is There Room for Consolidation? by Pan, Steven C., Rickard, Timothy C.

“…It is widely believed that sleep is critical to the consolidation of learning and memory. In some skill domains, performance has been shown to improve by 20%…”
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Pretesting Versus Posttesting: Comparing the Pedagogical Benefits of Errorful Generation and Retrieval Practice by Pan, Steven C., Sana, Faria

“…The use of practice tests to enhance learning, or test-enhanced learning, ranks among the most effective of all pedagogical techniques. We investigated the…”
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A dual memory theory of the testing effect by Rickard, Timothy C., Pan, Steven C.

“…A new theoretical framework for the testing effect —the finding that retrieval practice is usually more effective for learning than are other strategies—is…”
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Metacognitive awareness of the pretesting effect improves with self-regulation support by Pan, Steven C., Rivers, Michelle L.

“…The pretesting or prequestion effect refers to the counterintuitive finding that taking tests on information that one has yet to learn, during which many…”
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Prequestioning and Pretesting Effects: a Review of Empirical Research, Theoretical Perspectives, and Implications for Educational Practice by Pan, Steven C., Carpenter, Shana K.

“…  Testing students on information that they do not know might seem like a fruitless endeavor. After all, why give anyone a test that they are guaranteed to…”
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Emerging and Future Directions in Test-Enhanced Learning Research by Pan, Steven C., Dunlosky, John, Xu, Kate M., Ouwehand, Kim

“…Over the past eighteen years, research into test-enhanced learning has expanded significantly and remains vibrant to this day. The fact that many major…”
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Correction to: Emerging and Future Directions in Test‑Enhanced Learning Research by Pan, Steven C., Dunlosky, John, Xu, Kate M., Ouwehand, Kim

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Learning from errors: students' and instructors' practices, attitudes, and beliefs by Pan, Steven C., Sana, Faria, Samani, Joshua, Cooke, James, Kim, Joseph A.

“…In some educational contexts, such as during assessments, it is essential to avoid errors. In other contexts, however, generating an error can foster valuable…”
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Severe Publication Bias Contributes to Illusory Sleep Consolidation in the Motor Sequence Learning Literature by Rickard, Timothy C., Pan, Steven C., Gupta, Mohan W.

“…We explored the possibility of publication bias in the sleep and explicit motor sequence learning literature by applying precision effect test (PET) and…”
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How do college students use digital flashcards during self-regulated learning? by Zung, Inez, Imundo, Megan N., Pan, Steven C.

“…Over the past two decades, digital flashcards - that is, computer programmes, smartphone apps, and online services that mimic, and potentially improve upon,…”
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Does Spelling Still Matter—and If So, How Should It Be Taught? Perspectives from Contemporary and Historical Research by Pan, Steven C., Rickard, Timothy C., Bjork, Robert A.

“…A century ago, spelling skills were highly valued and widely taught in schools using traditional methods, such as weekly lists, drill exercises, and low- and…”
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Test-enhanced learning for pairs and triplets: When and why does transfer occur? by Rickard, Timothy C., Pan, Steven C.

“…In four experiments, we explored conditions under which learning due to retrieval practice (i.e., testing) transfers to the case in which the cue and response…”
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Prior episodic learning and the efficacy of retrieval practice by Gupta, Mohan W., Pan, Steven C., Rickard, Timothy C.

“…In three experiments we investigated how the level of study-based, episodic knowledge influences the efficacy of subsequent retrieval practice (testing) as a…”
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Conditions of highly specific learning through cued recall by Pan, Steven C., Lovelett, Jarrett, Stoeckenius, Derek, Rickard, Timothy C.

“…After studying a stimulus (e.g., a word triplet such as gift , rose , wine ), taking a cued recall test on that stimulus (e.g., gift , rose , ? ) improves…”
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Interleaved Pretesting Enhances Category Learning and Classification Skills by Pan, Steven C., Selvarajan, Ganeash, Murphy, Chanda S.

“…Alternating between concepts during learning (interleaving) and making guesses about to-be-learned information before viewing the correct answers (pretesting)…”
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Pretesting Reduces Mind Wandering and Enhances Learning During Online Lectures by Pan, Steven C., Schmitt, Alexandra G., Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon, Sana, Faria

“…Although online lectures have become increasingly popular, their effectiveness at promoting learning can be attenuated by mind wandering (shifts in attention…”
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