The testing effect in free recall is associated with enhanced organizational processes

@article{Zaromb2010TheTE,
  title={The testing effect in free recall is associated with enhanced organizational processes},
  author={Franklin Zaromb and Henry L. Roediger},
  journal={Memory \& Cognition},
  year={2010},
  volume={38},
  pages={995-1008}
}
In two experiments with categorized lists, we asked whether the testing effect in free recall is related to enhancements in organizational processing. During a first phase in Experiment 1, subjects studied one list over eight consecutive trials, they studied another list six times while taking two interspersed recall tests, and they learned a third list in four alternating study and test trials. On a test 2 days later, recall was directly related to the number of tests and inversely related to… 
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