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Asking questions, testing improves student learning of new material

AMES, Iowa – Jason Chan makes a point to periodically interrupt his lecture and ask students a question about the material they’ve covered. The associate professor of psychology at Iowa State ...
Psychology Today

When AI Asks the Questions, Human Beings Can Benefit

Attempting practice questions at the start of learning activities boosts memory and other educational outcomes, a phenomenon known as the "prequestioning effect." Source: Leeloo The First / Pexels ...
The Daily Signal

COVID-19 Shut Down the SAT and ACT, but Not the Classic Learning Test

Jude Schwalbach is a research associate and project coordinator in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. COVID-19 has disrupted student life across the nation, closing schools and leading to ...
Inside Higher Ed

Will the Classic Learning Test Shake Up College Admissions?

Beginning next month, a new test will join the SAT and ACT as an admissions option for prospective students applying to the United States’ elite service academies: the Classic Learning Test, an up-and ...