Before intervention, students predominantly block their self-organized study order, exceeding chance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? At the pre-intervention task, blocked trials (0.57) were more frequent than interleaved trials (0.43), and blocked use was significantly above the chance level of 1/6. → 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

q3 · i? · causal · r3

Baseline phase of the pre-registered experiment, before any information about strategies was given; a one-sample t-test showed blocked use could not be explained by chance, t(90) = 12.89, p < 0.001. No standardized effect size is printed.

"At the pre-intervention task, blocked trials were more frequent than interleaved trials (on average, 0.57 and 0.43, respectively)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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