A Comparison of Self-Explanation and Practice Retrieval: Impacts of Strategy and Working Memory Capacity on Verbatim Recall and Inference Generation

A comparison of retrieval performance one week after either rereading, practice retrieval, or self-explanation showed that practice retrieval, but not self-explanation, significantly improved inference generation when compared to rereading. Working memory capacity predicted verbatim recall in the rereading condition and inference generation in the self-explanation condition.