My research focuses on applying learning and memory research to education. I study the use of quizzes as a method to enhance learning. I'm also interested in the role of feedback and other methods that can be used to promote learning.

My current projects include implementing a quizzing program at a local middle school, evaluating the pros and cons of multiple-choice testing, and examining students' test-taking strategies.

• B.A., Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2005, Cognitive Neuroscience and Elementary Education (magna cum laude)
• M.A., Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2009
• Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2012

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Pooja K. Agarwal
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1125
St. Louis, MO 63130
Email: pooja.agarwal@wustl.edu
Lab Phone: (314) 935-8731

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• Agarwal, P. K. (2001). If I could make a school. Learning & Leading with Technology, 29, 28-31. [PDF]

• Agarwal, P. K. (2003, October/November). College life in the Internet age. Upgrade, 14-15.

• Agarwal, P. K., Karpicke, J. D., Kang, S. H. K., Roediger, H. L., & McDermott, K. B. (2008). Examining the testing effect with open- and closed-book tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22, 861-876. [PDF]

• Agarwal, P. K. (2009). Test expectancy and transfer of knowledge with open-book and closed-book tests. Unpublished master’s thesis, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.

• Marsh, E. J., Agarwal, P. K., & Roediger, H. L (2009). Memorial consequences of answering SAT II questions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15, 1-11. [PDF]

• Fazio, L. K., Agarwal, P. K., Marsh, E. J., & Roediger, H. L. (in press). Memorial consequences of multiple-choice testing persist over one week. Memory & Cognition.

• Roediger, H. L., Agarwal, P. K., Kang, S. H. K, & Marsh, E. J. (in press). Benefits of testing memory: Best practices and boundary conditions. In G. M. Davies & D. B. Wright (Eds.), New frontiers in applied memory. Brighton, U.K.: Psychology Press. [PDF]

• Roediger, H. L., Weinstein, Y., & Agarwal, P. K. (in press). Forgetting: Preliminary considerations. In S. Della Sala, (Ed.), Forgetting. Brighton, U.K.: Psychology Press.