Immediate feedback during academic testing

Performance on two multiple-choice testing procedures was examined during u nit tests and a final examination. The Immediate Feedback Assessment Techni que provided immediate response feedback in an answer-until-correct style o f responding. The testing format which served as a point of comparison was the Scantron form. One format was completed by students in introductory psy chology courses during unit tests whereas all students used the Scantron fo rm on the final examination. Students tested with Immediate Feedback forms on the unit tests correctly answered more of the final examination question s which were repeated from earlier unit tests than did students tested with Scantron forms. Also, students tested with Immediate Feedback forms correc tly answered more final examination questions previously answered incorrect ly on the unit tests than did students tested previously with Scantron form s.