Table 1 Percentage of choices on the final questionnaire for each trial type in Experiments 1 and 2
From: How to activate students’ natural desire to test themselves
Number of letters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zero | Two | Four | Six | |
Which trial do you feel best helped you learn the word pairs? | ||||
Experiment 1 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 54.3 | 40.0 |
Experiment 2 | 12.8 | – | – | 87.2 |
If you could only use one trial type from now on, which would you choose? | ||||
Experiment 1 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 54.3 | 40.0 |
Experiment 2 | 15.8 | – | – | 84.2 |
Which trial type was the most fun? | ||||
Experiment 1 | 0.0 | 17.1 | 71.4 | 11.4 |
Experiment 2 | 41.0 | – | – | 59.0 |