Spaced Repetition Promotes Efficient and Effective Learning
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Hundreds of studies show that spacing out repeated encounters with material produces better long-term learning than massing them, and adding tests to spaced practice increases the benefit. Spaced practice helps memory, problem solving and applying learning to new situations, and is cheap and feasible for schools.
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Kang, S. H. K. (2016). Spaced repetition promotes efficient and effective learning. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 3(1), 12–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732215624708
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