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ERIC Number: EJ067413
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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Delay-Retention Effect with Multiple-Choice Tests
Kulhavy, Raymond W.; Anderson, Richard C.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 63, 5, 505-12, Oct 72
Evidence from the present study indicates that the delay-retention effect is due primarily to the forgetting of interference-producing errors during the delay interval and, secondarily, to the increased time a subject spends studying the feedback after a delay. (Authors)
Descriptors: Feedback, High School Students, Intervals, Multiple Choice Tests, Retention (Psychology), Tables (Data), Time Factors (Learning)
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Identifiers: Delay Retention Effect