最简单的测试效应[1]实例发生在学生对着他们之后会被测试的（即相同的）卡片进行测试的时候。所以：假设你记住了关于一个主题的一千张卡片，我们真正关心的不仅仅是你回答这些具体问题的能力，毕竟你早就见过它们了，而更重要的是这种练习使你对该主题的可用理解产生了怎样的影响。你实际上能用它做什么？如果我问你一个涉及你所练习的知识的开放式问题，你能不能调动这些知识——即迁移学习[2]。
实验证据
- Meta-analytic review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 144(7), 710–756
- 这个关于提取练习的迁移效应的元分析发现，相对于非练习干预，总体平均迁移效应为 d=0.4，特别是受练习期间的反应一致性、初始准确性和精细提取调节。
- Butler, A. (2010). Repeated Testing Produces Superior Transfer of Learning Relative to Repeated Studying. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 1118–1133.[5]
- 用改编的维基百科段落进行的小型实验表明，相对于重新学习，提取练习可以提高学习者面对迁移类问题的表现，其幅度与逐字问题相近。
- A Systematic Review of Applied Research in Schools and Classrooms. Educational Psychology Review.
- 在这个关于提取练习[6]的更广泛的系统性的综述中，作者指出：「与逐字或重复问题的实验相比，改写问题的实验的效应通常较小。」这个效应看起来很小，也许是 d~0.1-0.2。
- Samani, J., & Pan, S. (2021). Interleaved Practice Enhances Memory and Problem-Solving Ability in Undergraduate Physics. Npj Science of Learning, 6.
- Karpicke, J. D., & Blunt, J. R. (2011). Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping. Science, 331(6018), 772–775.
- Do Students Need Fact Knowledge Before Higher Order Learning? Journal of Educational Psychology, 111, 189–209
- 在某些条件下，学生进行事实问题的练习，并被要求回答高阶测试问题。这些学生的表现与那些完全不进行提取练习的学生几乎没有区别。
准备阅读
- Agarwal, P. K., Bain, P. M., & Chamberlain, R. W. (2012). The value of applied research: Retrieval practice improves classroom learning and recommendations from a teacher, a principal, and a scientist. Educa- tional Psychology Review, 24,437– 448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10648-012-9210-2
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参考
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- 迁移学习https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/491870061
- 助记媒介可以包含卡片来支持近迁移https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/482358178
- 助记媒介如何帮助读者建立更复杂的理解？https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/464129684
- 相较于重复学习，重复测试的迁移学习效果更好https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/604132912
- 提取练习https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/1928747840647168044
- 提取练习https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/1928747840647168044
- 间隔效应https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/424603970
- 绘制概念图https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/1930200421491803500