Graduation Semester and Year
2022
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Hunter Ball
Abstract
One strategy that has been shown to promote long-term retention is spaced retrieval practice. In this study, we used standard and dropout procedures of spaced retrieval training to examine whether they produce superior retention and transfer relative to repeated restudy in novel vocabulary learning. Across three sessions spaced two days apart, participants learned 30 Swahili words with their English definitions via spaced testing or by restudying. Definitions were the same (fixed) across days in Experiment 1 and different each day (variable) in Experiment 2. A week later, all participants were tested using either the same (repetition) or new (transfer) definitions from study. It was found that standard spaced retrieval practice improved recall of repetition and transfer items compared to repeated restudy with both fixed and variable learning. We also found that although the dropout procedure takes less time, standard spaced retrieval results in more transfer. These findings have important implications for choosing learning techniques to achieve the best outcomes.
Keywords
Learning, Transfer, Testing Effect, Spaced Practice, Variable Encoding
Disciplines
Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Alakbarova, Durna, "Spaced Retrieval Improves Retention And Transfer Of Foreign Vocabulary" (2022). Psychology Theses. 160.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/psychology_theses/160
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington