I'm thinking: recent effect. If you only test what you taught today, but not 
what you taught six or twelve weeks ago, of course you'll get better "results."

Chris
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> On Nov 22, 2013, at 6:58 AM, Paul C Bernhardt <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I have an idea. Every class meeting is nothing but exam and assessment from 
> start to finish. More must be better, right?
> 
> More seriously: do we know the optimum ratio of testing to learning 
> objectives covered? At what point are there diminishing returns?
> 
> Paul
> 
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>> On Nov 21, 2013, at 9:12 PM, "Christopher Green" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> As though you didn't have enough people telling you how to teach already. 
>> Still, interesting finding. 
>> 
>> http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0079774?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosone%2FPLoSONE+%28PLOS+ONE+Alerts%3A+New+Articles%29
>> 
>> Chris
>> .......
>> Christopher D Green
>> Department of Psychology
>> York University
>> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
>> 
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