Event Title
Shall We Dense?: A Comparison of the Testing Effect and the Enactment Effect
Location
Diamond 122
Start Date
30-4-2015 9:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2015 11:55 AM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
The current study examined the memory benefits of both the testing effect and the enactment effect in elementary school children. Participants read a passage about the concept of density and an easy density experiment. Then, participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions. The first condition was a reread condition, in which participants read the density passage again. Participants in the second condition took a short quiz on the passage. The third condition was a demonstration during which the researcher explained the concepts from the passage while recreating the experiment from the passage. Participants in the fourth condition enacted out the experiment on their own while the researcher explained the concepts. After two days, all participants took a short test. Overall, participants in the demonstration and enactment conditions recalled more information on the final test than the rereading or testing conditions.
Faculty Sponsor
Chris Soto
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Psychology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1226
Shall We Dense?: A Comparison of the Testing Effect and the Enactment Effect
Diamond 122
The current study examined the memory benefits of both the testing effect and the enactment effect in elementary school children. Participants read a passage about the concept of density and an easy density experiment. Then, participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions. The first condition was a reread condition, in which participants read the density passage again. Participants in the second condition took a short quiz on the passage. The third condition was a demonstration during which the researcher explained the concepts from the passage while recreating the experiment from the passage. Participants in the fourth condition enacted out the experiment on their own while the researcher explained the concepts. After two days, all participants took a short test. Overall, participants in the demonstration and enactment conditions recalled more information on the final test than the rereading or testing conditions.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/358