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Practice tests not only help surface gaps in knowledge—they also strengthen memory.

Frequent, low-stakes quizzes help boost memory. Here’s the research we used to inform our video:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/xap-0000004.pdf
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1529100612453266
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00005/full
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sjop.12093
https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2016/06/learning-memory
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21574747
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364661310002081
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0034654307313795

Research on high-stakes tests and anxiety:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pits.21689
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15377903.2014.888529?journalCode=wapp20

The benefits of flashcards:
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0098628312450436
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1475725717719771

And here are helpful tips to make the most out of practice tests in your classroom:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-does-research-say-about-testing
https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-research-backed-studying-techniques
https://www.edutopia.org/article/hurts-so-good-yana-weinstein-megan-smith
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