Learning News Brief: What Recent Research Says About Retrieval Practice in Real Classrooms

What happened Recent classroom-focused research is sharpening an old learning-science message: retrieval practice works best when it is treated as learning, not as a mini-test for grades. In August 2025, researchers from the University of Trento published a real-school study in Frontiers in Psychology with fifth-grade students using normal history materials. Students who practiced by […]