Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis.
@article{Cepeda2006DistributedPI,
title={Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis.},
author={Nicholas J. Cepeda and H. Pashler and E. Vul and J. Wixted and D. Rohrer},
journal={Psychological bulletin},
year={2006},
volume={132 3},
pages={
354-80
}
}The authors performed a meta-analysis of the distributed practice effect to illuminate the effects of temporal variables that have been neglected in previous reviews. This review found 839 assessments of distributed practice in 317 experiments located in 184 articles. Effects of spacing (consecutive massed presentations vs. spaced learning episodes) and lag (less spaced vs. more spaced learning episodes) were examined, as were expanding interstudy interval (ISI) effects. Analyses suggest that… Expand
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