TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pastötter, Bernhard
A1  - Urban, Julian
A1  - Lötzer, Johannes
A1  - Frings, Christian
T1  - Retrieval practice enhances new learning but does not affect performance in subsequent arithmetic tasks
T2  - Journal of Cognition
N2  - The forward testing effect is an indirect benefit of retrieval practice. It refers to the finding that retrieval practice of previously studied information enhances learning and retention of subsequently studied other information in episodic memory tasks. Here, two experiments were conducted that investigated whether retrieval practice influences participants’ performance in other tasks, i.e., arithmetic tasks. Participants studied three lists of words in anticipation of a final recall test. In the testing condition, participants were immediately tested on lists 1 and 2 after study of each list, whereas in the restudy condition, they restudied lists 1 and 2 after initial study. Before and after study of list 3, participants did an arithmetic task. Finally, participants were tested on list 3, list 2, and list 1. Different arithmetic tasks were used in the two experiments. Participants did a modular arithmetic task in Experiment 1a and a single-digit multiplication task in Experiment 1b. The results of both experiments showed a forward testing effect with interim testing of lists 1 and 2 enhancing list 3 recall in the list 3 recall test, but no effects of recall testing of lists 1 and 2 for participants’ performance in the arithmetic tasks. The findings are discussed with respect to cognitive load theory and current theories of the forward testing effect.
KW  - Memory
KW  - Learning
KW  - Long-term memory
KW  - Working memory
KW  - Lernen
KW  - Information Retrieval
KW  - Übung
KW  - Problemlösen
KW  - Mathematik
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1874
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-18744
VL  - 2022
IS  - Band 5, Heft 2 (2022)
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
PB  - Ubiquity Press
CY  - Hoboken, New Jersey
ER  -