Roediger and Karpicke (2006) Asked Participants to Read Short Prose

question 48

Multiple Choice

Roediger and Karpicke (2006) asked participants to read short prose passages concerning scientific information.One group of participants restudied the items several times.A second group read the same passage but then were asked to recall information about the story on three practice tests.They found that:

• A)the group that recalled information on practice tests did better on the final test.
• B)the group that restudied information on practice tests did better on the final test.
• C)there were no differences between the two groups because feedback was not given.
• D)the group that recalled information on practice tests read more fluently than the group that restudied information.

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