zedzed comments on The Superstar Effect - LessWrong

10 Post author: adamzerner 03 January 2015 06:11AM

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Comment author: zedzed 03 January 2015 07:16:35PM 2 points [-]

Also, the testing effect. There seems to be some sort of consensus among scientists who research in the relevant area that many, low-stakes quizzes is better than few high-stakes tests, because it reduces student anxiety, encourages a more spread out practice distribution, and leverages the testing effect more. (There exists proper empirical support which I'm too lazy to dig up, but will if asked to.)