This paper reports an experiment that investigates the effectiveness of cheat sheets as study aids for economics tests. A cheat sheet is a piece of paper that students can write anything they want on and use during a test. I find that both preparing and using a cheat sheet improves students’ test performance. Additionally, there is no evidence that students become over dependent on their cheat sheets for answers.
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Volume (Year): 1 (2002) Issue (Month): 1 () Pages: 1-11 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML,
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