Performance on final tests of learning is improved when multiple study sessions are spaced apart in time rather than massed in immediate succession¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Spaced study sessions produce better final-test performance than massed study sessions. → Carpenter 2012

Evidence¶

Carpenter 2012¶

Carpenter, S.K., Cepeda, N.J., Rohrer, D., Kang, S.H.K., & Pashler, H. (2012). Using Spacing to Enhance Diverse Forms of Learning: Review of Recent Research and Implications for Instruction. Educational Psychology Review, 24, 369–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-012-9205-z

q2 · i? · review · r?

The review reports, as an established finding of research on human learning, that "performance on final tests of learning is improved" when study sessions are "spaced" apart rather than massed. No effect size is printed in the available text.

"This research has shown that performance on final tests of learning is improved if multiple study sessions are separated—i.e., "spaced" apart—in time rather than massed in immediate succession."

Discussion¶

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