Higher-ability students are more likely to space their study in a self-regulated online course¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i0 Students with higher final exam grades spent more sessions per unit, controlling for pretest grade and time spent in unit. → Paulo F. Carvalho 2020

Evidence¶

Paulo F. Carvalho 2020¶

Paulo F. Carvalho, Faria Sana and Veronica X. Yan. (2020). Self-regulated spacing in a massive open online course is related to better learning. npj Science of Learning 5:2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-020-0061-1

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A between-participant regression on the MOOC data used final exam grade as an ability proxy; "students who performed better on the final exam were also more likely to space their study more, β = 0.06". Similar results held using pretest score.

"The results (see Supplementary Table 2) reveal that those students who performed better on the final exam were also more likely to space their study more, β = 0.06, SE = 0.02, t(787.7) = 2.82, p = 0.005."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Students who complete more practice activities also tend to space their study more — related
• In a self-regulated MOOC, spacing study across more sessions predicts higher unit quiz performance within participants — related
• Students who spaced their study more also performed better on the MOOC final exam — related
• The spacing benefit on quiz performance is larger for lower-ability students than for higher-ability students — related