The critical role of retrieval practice in long-term retention
Henry L. Roediger III and Andrew C. Butler

Washington University have produced another research article that scientifically proves that online assessments should be used as a learning tool rather than just a knowledge measurement instrument. This journal demonstrates that providing feedback as part of a multichoice assessment can have a tremendous impact on learning and long term memory retention for a candidate. 

This Journal explains that typically, when faced with an assessment in any walk of life - education, work and personal - that people will study in the build-up to and then sit the assessment. These tests are then used to measure a level of understanding. Henry L. Roediger states that this journal turns this conventional wisdom ‘on its head’ 

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