Feedback boosts learning by providing an explanation after retrieval that indicates whether a student was correct or incorrect, which increases students’ metacognition or understanding of their own learning progress.
Dr. Agarwal is an Assistant Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching psychological science to undergraduate musicians. Pooja earned her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, under the mentorship of memory scholar, Henry L. Roediger, III, author of Make it Stick.