Halcyon Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Here's the article. They call it "test taking" but the truth is, what they really had the students do was write a "free form essay" about the information they had just read about. In the words of the article: "The final group took a “retrieval practice” test. Without the passage in front of them, they wrote what they remembered in a free-form essay for 10 minutes. Then they reread the passage and took another retrieval practice test."[my bolding] The students who took this "test" were compared against two other groups, and those that took the "test" (which again, seems to have been comprised of writing a brief essay after studying the material) retained substantially more than the other groups. Howard Gardner was interviewed as well. Really interesting! ETA: sorry for the capitalization of the word narrations in the subject-typo ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Well, I hope this won't be used to try to justify the ramped up teach-to-the-test mentality of our public schools. As Dr. Linn said, we need a different type of testing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I'm bumping this because I thought it was so interesting and validating to classical educators who utilize narration. I had to register to read the article but thought it was well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Oh my-I'm sorry I didn't know you needed to register! But yes! I think it really does validate the use of narrations--thanks for taking the time to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I didn't have to register...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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