Old Faithful but not El Capitan: multiple-choice pretesting helps learning about cronartium ribicola

Instructors often pretest their students at the beginning of a lecture on material that is about to be presented. The effects of such pretesting are often beneficial for subsequent learning. Recent research shows that this benefit extends to related information if pretesting is by multiple-choice items.
Source: Psychonomic Society News - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news