Taking a test is better than studying, even if you just guess: We need to flip the flipped classroom

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Taking a test is better than studying, even if you just guess: We need to flip the flipped classroom
Mark Guzdial, August 1, 2013
The title of the post is a bit misleading, because Mark Guzdial isn't talking about 'taking a test' specifically, "the critical feature of learning is trying to understand, trying to generate an answer." According to the study, "students are better prepared to understand a theory after first exploring by themselves, and that tangible user interfaces are particularly well-suited for that purpose." Of course, Daniel Willingham, who is cited by Guzdial, looks at results like that and reads "test", which he then cites as 'the testing effect'. More...