When Retrieval Practice Backfires (and When It Doesn’t) (opens in new tab)

If you’ve heard about retrieval practice, you’ve probably heard this mantra: Retrieval practice helps everyone learn everything. That is: Yes: retrieval practice helps with procedural knowledge as well as factual knowledge. Yes, it promotes transfer. Yes, it helps in actual classrooms, not just psychology labs. Despite all this good news, reasonable folks might ask a […]