Enhancing learning and retention through the distribution of practice repetitions across multiple sessions.
The acquisition and retention of knowledge is affected by a multitude of factors including amount of practice, elapsed time since practice occurred, and the temporal distribution of practice. The third factor, temporal distribution of practice, is at the heart of research on the spacing effect. This...
| Published in: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 455 - 473 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2023
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