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{{dablinkDablink|"Distributed learning" may refer to "[[distance education]]".}}

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'''Distributed learning''' is defined as opposed to massed learning.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} Reviews of material with longer time elapsed between the first and second review (spaced) yield more learning than reviews with less time elapsed between the first and second review (massed); this is referred to as the [[spacing effect]]. Review of material increases long-term memory best when there is more time between introduction and review of material. It has been suggested that it would be better for exams to be taken after a break than before, assuming there was a review before the exams, because of the spacing effect.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}