Temporal increase in perceived learning fully mediates the effect of temporal decrease in perceived effort on choosing interleaved practice¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r3 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Students were more likely to select interleaved practice when their perceived effort decreased across time (total path B = -3.64). → Onan 2022 q3 i? After controlling for perceived learning, changes in perceived effort no longer predicted selecting interleaved practice, suggesting full mediation. → 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

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Mediation model using each participant's regression slopes of perceived effort and perceived learning over time as predictors of the second strategy choice, with the first choice as covariate. The total path was B = -3.64, 95% CI [-5.72, -1.74]; no standardized effect size was printed.

"We found that students were more likely to select interleaved practice when their perceived effort decreased across time (path c, total path), B = -3.64, 95% CI [-5.72, -1.74]."

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 · r3

The direct path c' was B = 0.35, 95% CI [-2.15, 2.89], with the indirect effect B = -4.84, 95% CI [-8.08, -3.03], which the authors read as full mediation; no standardized effect size was printed.

"after controlling for perceived learning, the changes in perceived effort no longer predicted the likelihood that students selected interleaved practice (path c'), B = 0.35, 95% CI [-2.15, 2.89], suggesting a full mediation."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Perceived effort is higher for interleaved than blocked practice and decreases over time for interleaved practice only — related
• The share of students choosing interleaved practice rose from 13% to 40% across the session, but the visual feedback prompt did not further increase interleaved practice choices — related
• Perceived effort is higher and perceived learning lower for interleaving than blocking, and experience-mediated increases in perceived learning raise interleaving choices — related