Stabilized memory of unrehearsed knowledge.
Harry P. Bahrick · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1992
The findings of Conway, Cohen, and Stanhope (1991) confirm that stabilized retention functions for unrehearsed academic knowledge are not an artifact of grade inflation as Hintzman (in press) has alleged. The Conway et al. data confirm that retention of unrehearsed knowledge may stabilize at the terminal level achieved during acquisition and that metacognitive confidence may decline during periods of stable retention. Low predictive power of grades for retention reported by Conway et al. is attributed to the nonhierarchival knowledge structures used in their investigation