Testing, generation, and spacing applied to education : Past, present and future

Fritz, Catherine (2011) Testing, generation, and spacing applied to education : Past, present and future. In: Successful remembering and successful forgetting : A festschrift in honor of Robert A. Bjork. Psychology Press, New York, pp. 199-216. ISBN 978 1 84872 981 2

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the application of psychology to education, primarily in terms of spacing, testing and generation effects –areas that are strongly associated with Bjork’s research – specifically in terms of evidence and arguments related to their relevance to education.