Testing for Mastery
Learning through repeated testing significantly enhances retention compared to mere rereading. Surprisingly, students who test themselves multiple times often feel less confident about their mastery, despite actually retaining more information. This counterintuitive insight reveals that confidence does not equate to true understanding; instead, rigorous self-testing is the key to solidifying knowledge in the brain.In this clip
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Related Questions
Is it true that students who were exposed to a material 4 times and then tested perform better than the group who studied once and then got tested 3 times?
Does Andrew Huberman say that testing yourself is a better way to memorize information instead of rereading? But to understand something, shouldn’t we reread instead of testing ourselves?
Does testing yourself before the actual exam work better than testing yourself right after initial exposure to the material?