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| [[Free recall]] || Generative? || || One is given a list of words to memorize. Afterwards (without the list) one is asked to recall as many words as possible from the list.<ref>https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/executive-systems-of-the-brain/memory-lesson/v/retrieval-free-recall-cued-recall-and-recognition</ref>
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Revision as of 01:15, 8 November 2018

This page is a list of learning measures (i.e. measures/metrics for testing what was learned).

Measure name Type Description Example
Free recall Generative? One is given a list of words to memorize. Afterwards (without the list) one is asked to recall as many words as possible from the list.[1]
Cued recall Associative memory
Uncued recognition
Cued recognition
Fill-in-the-blank test
(Associative?) Matching Associative memory
Multiple-choice test (factual, comprehension)
Fact recognition ?
Concept-relatedness rating task Comprehension/application
Problem-solving test Comprehension/application
Diagram-drawing task
Inference tasks (based on information that is only implied in a text)
Sentence-completion test (similar to fill in the blank?)

http://www.indiana.edu/~pcl/rgoldsto/courses/dunloskyimprovinglearning.pdf

Each learning measure also has a "delay" parameter that tests the length of retention of what was learned.

See also