Both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes enhance later exam performance in middle and high school classes.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of experimental psychology. Applied

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/xap0000004PMID 24274234
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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