The Generation Effect: A Meta-Analytic Review
The Generation Effect: A Meta-Analytic Review is a journal article by Sharon Bertsch, Bryan J. Pesta, Richard Wiscott, Michael A. McDaniel (2007), published in Memory & Cognition. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 2 practices across 2 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.
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Practices on IX Coach that cite The Generation Effect
- Generate your own examples or explanations before studying provided ones
Before seeing a worked example or explanation, try to construct your own version — the effort and the mismatch strengthen learning.
Errorful Learning: Why Making Mistakes Strengthens Memory
- Generation over passivity
Generate the content yourself — complete a sentence, solve a problem, predict the next step — rather than reading it.
The Fluency Illusion: Why Easy Reading Fools You Into Thinking You’ve Learned
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