Additional empirical studies are needed to determine whether rest and its effect on working memory matter for the spacing effect¶

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Description¶

The authors close by agreeing that further work is required: "whether rest and its effect on working memory is important when analysing the spacing effect must ultimately be determined empirically". They identify Chen et al. (2018) as the only published study they know that has tested the hypothesis, and they acknowledge they do not know how rapidly working memory depletes or recovers under various circumstances.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• New studies must specifically test the rest-from-deliberate-learning hypothesis rather than assume it

Constraints¶

• At present the field does not know how rapidly working memory depletes or recovers under various circumstances, and the authors make no claim to know ideal interval times

Target Learners¶

• students in all stages

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding mechanisms of the spacing effect

Affordances¶

• Rest From Deliberate Learning Framework

Claims¶

Related Strategies¶

• Future research direction: verify the proposed resting effect, whereby spacing benefits may arise from working memory recovery after depletion

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Ouhao Chen, Fred Paas, John Sweller. (2022). Reply to Sana et al.'s (2022) Commentary on Rest-from-Deliberate-Learning as a Mechanism for the Spacing Effect. Educational Psychology Review, 34, 1851–1858. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09678-1