Massed review at end of film produced significantly greater learning than no review or spaced review¶
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q2 i? Massed review at end of film produced significantly greater learning than no review or either spaced review condition. → Miller 1952
Evidence¶
Miller 1952¶
Miller, J., Levine, S., and Kanner, J. (1952). A Study of the Effects of Different Types of Review and of Structuring Sub-Titles on the Amount Learned from a Training Film. Memo Report No. 17, Human Resources Research Laboratories, Bolling Air Force Base. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED063741
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A 36-class, 1263-subject experiment compared four review treatments in training films on elementary electricity; the results section reports that massed review "produced significantly greater learning" than no review or the two spaced review conditions.
"(b) The conditions of massed review (at end of film) produced significantly greater learning than the condition of ttno review" or the two conditions of ttspaced review" used in the experiment."
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Massed review at end of film produced significantly greater learning than no review or spaced review |
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Massed review at end of film produced significantly greater learning than no review or spaced review |
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1952 |
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