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Retrieval practice improves students' long-term retention compared with simply restudying the material.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that retrieval practice improves students' long-term retention compared with simply restudying the material?
Unclear. Multiple peer-reviewed sources report that retrieval practice (testing) produces better retention than repeated studying or re-reading, including a systematic review of health professions education and a study finding benefits at 30- and 50-day delays. However, each placed item covers only a specific population, task, or outcome, so the evidence supports the claim in part rather than settling it at full generality.
Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 9 sources for, 0 against · Last checked
Evidence for · 9
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Distributed practice. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_practice
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M, C. & H, P. (1992). The influence of retrieval on retention.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03202713
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Long, S., Wang, Y., Chen, J., Cao, H., & Tang, Y. (2026). The Benefits of Covert Retrieval Practice on Short- and Long-Term L3 Vocabulary Retention. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071124
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F., H. R., B., L. K., L., H. J., & S., R. P. A. (2016). Spaced Retrieval Practice Increases College Students' Short- and Long-Term Retention of Mathematics Knowledge. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-015-9349-8
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Larsen, D. (2018). Planning Education for Long-Term Retention: The Cognitive Science and Implementation of Retrieval Practice. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1666983
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D., K. J. & III, R. H. L. (2007). Expanding Retrieval Practice Promotes Short-Term Retention, but Equally Spaced Retrieval Enhances Long-Term Retention. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ768633
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Trumble, E., Lodge, J., Mandrusiak, A., & Forbes, R. (2024). Systematic review of distributed practice and retrieval practice in health professions education.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-023-10274-3
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Retrieval practice enhances learning in real primary school settings, whether distributed or not - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632206
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Interactive retrieval practice in renal physiology improves performance on customized National Board of Medical Examiners examination of medical students. (2022). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00118.2021
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E., A. M., Jasna, V., & W., R. S. (2022). Interactive Retrieval Practice in Renal Physiology Improves Performance on Customized National Board of Medical Examiners Examination of Medical Students. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00118.2021
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