(MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass., Nov. 24, 2016)--Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists from ...

In schools across the U.S., multiple-choice questions such as this one provoke anxiety, even dread. Their appearance means it is testing time, and tests are big, important, excruciatingly unpleasant ...

There’s a difference between teaching to the test and developing test-specific thinking that will help students effectively apply what they’ve learned all year.

Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists. Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy ...