In self-organized tasks, more interleaved practice is associated with higher classification accuracy¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Interleaved practice was associated with higher classification accuracy in the post-intervention painting task (Estimate = 1.56, z = 2.77, p < 0.005) and the delayed-transfer bird task (Estimate = 1.65, z = 3.48, p < 0.001). → Erdem Onan 2024

Evidence¶

Erdem Onan 2024¶

Erdem Onan, Felicitas Biwer, Roman Abel, Wisnu Wiradhany & Anique de Bruin. (2024). Optimizing self-organized study orders: combining refutations and metacognitive prompts improves the use of interleaved practice. npj Science of Learning 9:33. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00245-7

q2 · i? · causal · r3

Generalized linear mixed-effects models (random intercepts for subjects and items) with interleaving proportion predicting item-level classification accuracy in the self-organized tasks; each switch increased odds of correct classification by 4% (paintings) and 5% (birds). Correlational, not causal.

"The results revealed that the use of interleaved practice was associated with higher classification accuracy when students learned painting styles (post intervention task), Estimate = 1.56,SE = 0.54,z = 2.77,p < 0.005."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The intervention lengthens students' interleaved sequences, and longer interleaved runs correlate with better classification accuracy — related
• A refutation-plus-metacognitive-prompt intervention significantly increases students' use of interleaved practice in self-organized study tasks, including after a delay — related
• In an experimenter-controlled task, interleaved practice yields better classification performance than blocked practice (d = 1.05) — related
• Interleaving category examples improves inductive category learning for visual and mathematical materials, but not for expository texts or word categories — a broader claim this one bears on
• Interleaving Improves Discrimination — a broader claim this one bears on
• The interleaving effect generalizes to visual materials, with the largest effects for paintings — a broader claim this one bears on
• Interleaved practice yields better category learning than blocked practice, and students who choose interleaved practice outperform those who choose blocked practice on novel materials — related