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Table 3 Mean total trials completed and self-reported effort

From: Shifting students toward testing: impact of instruction and context on self-regulated learning

Context

Difficulty

Mean (SD) Total trials

Mean (SD) self-reported effort

Control

Instruction

Control

Instruction

Supervised

Easy

4.7 (2.7)

5.7 (3.3)

4.2 (0.75)

4.3 (0.86)

Hard

6.6 (4.0)

7.9 (4.7)

4.1 (0.88)

4.3 (0.78)

Unsupervised

Easy

3.1 (1.8)

3.8 (1.9)

3.9 (0.78)

3.9 (0.74)

Hard

6.5 (5.7)

5.7 (3.4)

4.1 (0.89)

4.1 (0.73)

  1. The data shown represent the mean (standard deviation) for each condition. Total trials are study plus test trials. Self-reported effort is on a 5-point scale (5 being most effort).