Question

What are the four principles of memory improvement and learning efficiency? Describe an experiment on the testing effect and discuss how this experiment is relevant to which principle?

Answer 1

The four principles of memory improvement and learning efficiency:

• Process for meaning,
• Use of the retrieval practice effect,
• Distributed learning is preferable to massed practice,
• Use meta memory wisely.

The testing effect is the finding that long-term memory is increased when some of the learning period is devoted to retrieving the to-be-remembered information through testing with proper feedback. The effect is also sometimes referred to as retrieval practice, practice testing, or test-enhanced learning.