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Table 1 Setting, Design, Sample Size and Results of the Experiments in the Small-Scale Meta Analyses

From: The testing effect for mediator final test cues and related final test cues in online and laboratory experiments

Experiment

Setting

Design

Total n

M testing mediator (SD)

M restudy mediator (SD)

M testing related (SD)

M restudy related (SD)

Coppens et al. Exp1 No-Mc

Online

2 retrieval cue (mediator vs. related) × 2 learning (restudy vs. testing) between subjects

87

0.26 (0.26)

0.13 (0.24)

0.21 (0.21)

0.16 (0.17)

Coppens et al. Exp1 Strong Mc

Online

2 retrieval cue (mediator vs. related) × 2 learning (restudy vs. testing) between subjects

94

0.50 (0.46)

0.40 (0.38)

0.38 (0.23)

0.14 (0.13)

Coppens et al. Exp2

Online

2 retrieval cue (mediator vs. related) × 2 learning (restudy vs. testing) between subjects

141

0.36 (0.31)

0.24 (0.25)

0.50 (0.27)

0.37 (0.26)

Coppens et al. Exp3

Online

2 retrieval cue (mediator vs. related) × 2 learning (restudy vs. testing) between subjects

95

0.57 (0.33)

0.29 (0.27)

0.31 (0.21)

0.32 (0.24)

Carpenter 2011 Exp2

Lab

2 retrieval cue (mediator vs. related) × 2 learning (restudy vs. testing) between subjects

40

0.58 (0.23)

0.23 (0.12)

0.29 (0.18)

0.18 (0.16)

Rawson et al. Appendix B long lag

Lab

2 retrieval cue (mediator vs. related) × 2 learning (restudy vs. testing) mixed with retrieval cue within subjects

65

0.28 (0.25)

0.15 (0.19)

0.18 (0.17)

0.11 (0.15)

Rawson et al. Appendix B short lag

Lab

2 retrieval cue (mediator vs. related) × 2 learning (restudy vs. testing) mixed with retrieval cue within subjects

63

0.28 (0.26)

0.12 (0.18)

0.15 (0.18)

0.09 (0.12)

Brennan, Cho & Neely Set A

Lab

Mediator cue only, learning (restudy vs. testing) manipulated between subjects

68

0.27 (0.20)

0.19 (0.16)

  

Brennan, Cho & Neely Set B

Lab

Mediator cue only, learning (restudy vs. testing) between subjects

68

0.14 (0.12)

0.06 (0.08)