Learning and Memory Experiment Data Comparing Study-Only and Test-Study Methods

The dataset from the paper 'Using Testing to Enhance Learning: A Comparison of Two Hypotheses' by Mozer, Howe, and Pashler contains experimental results on memory and learning. It likely includes performance metrics from two experiments comparing Study-Only (SO) and Test/Study (TS) conditions for learning cue-target pairs. The experiments involved 40 cue-target pairs and measured recall performance, with one experiment using trigram-number pairs and another using English-Yupik vocabulary.

Use Cases

• Comparing the efficacy of study-only versus test-study learning methods based on the described experimental paradigm.
• Analyzing the relationship between retrieval success rates and learning outcomes based on the mechanisms discussed.
• Modeling memory performance for different material types (e.g., trigrams vs. vocabulary) based on the two experiments described.
• Investigating methodological controls in learning experiments, such as matched total time per item, as implemented by Carrier and Pashler (1992).

Strengths

• The experimental design explicitly controlled for total time per item between conditions, a noted methodological strength.
• The dataset is derived from a published research paradigm (Carrier & Pashler, 1992) with a clear experimental procedure.
• Includes results from two distinct experiments (trigram-number and language learning) for comparison.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The license is listed as closed, which may restrict usage and redistribution.
• Last update date and data freshness are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Research by Michael C. Mozer, Michael Howe, and Harold Pashler, associated with the University of Colorado Boulder and UC San Diego.

Collection Method

Data was likely gathered from controlled laboratory experiments on human participants, as described in the paper.

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