Perceived effort is higher for interleaved than blocked practice and decreases over time for interleaved practice only¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r? · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Perceived effort was significantly higher for interleaved practice than for blocked practice. → Onan 2022 q3 i? Perceived effort decreased over time for interleaved practice but not for blocked practice (strategy × time interaction). → Onan 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Onan 2022¶

Onan, E., Wiradhany, W., Biwer, F., Janssen, E. M., & de Bruin, A. B. H. (2022). Growing Out of the Experience: How Subjective Experiences of Effort and Learning Influence the Use of Interleaved Practice. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09692-3

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Linear mixed model on perceived effort ratings collected after each of twelve study units, with participants as random effect. The main effect of strategy was significant, F(1, 289) = 380.39, p < 0.001; no effect size was printed.

"We observed a significant main effect of learning strategies: per - ceived effort was significantly higher for interleaved practice than for blocked prac- tice, F(1, 289) = 380.39, p < 0.001."

Onan 2022 (2)¶

Onan, E., Wiradhany, W., Biwer, F., Janssen, E. M., & de Bruin, A. B. H. (2022). Growing Out of the Experience: How Subjective Experiences of Effort and Learning Influence the Use of Interleaved Practice. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09692-3

q3 · i? · causal · r?

The same LMM showed the time effect was driven by the strategy × time interaction, F(1, 1498) = 135.22, p < 0.001, indicating effort declined across units only under interleaved practice; no effect size was printed.

"the main effect of time appeared to be driven by the strategy × time inter action, F(1, 1498) = 135.22, p < 0.001, whic h indicated that perceived effort decreased over time for inter - leaved practice, but not for blocked practice."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Perceived learning is higher for blocked than interleaved practice at onset but increases over time for interleaved practice only — related
• Temporal increase in perceived learning fully mediates the effect of temporal decrease in perceived effort on choosing interleaved practice — related
• Perceived effort is higher and perceived learning lower for interleaving than blocking, and experience-mediated increases in perceived learning raise interleaving choices — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)