The interleaving literature is dominated by laboratory studies of university undergraduates, with no included study using high-school participants¶

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q3 i? None of the 26 included studies used high-school participants; three used MTurk adult samples and the remainder undergraduates, motivating school-based research with authentic tasks. → Jonathan Firth 2021

Evidence¶

Jonathan Firth 2021¶

Jonathan Firth, Ian Rivers and James Boyle. (2021). A systematic review of interleaving as a concept learning strategy. Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3266

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Method section of the systematic review reporting the screening outcome across 26 retained studies. The review outlines "the need for future school-based research using authentic classroom tasks".

"Although studies of learners aged twelve and over were eligible for inclusion, none of the studies had used participants from high schools."

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