Distributed learning: Difference between revisions

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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}}

According to ana fMRIbehavioral study, distributed learning across a 24 hr interval does not enhance immediate memory performance but instead slows the rate of forgetting relative to massed learning. The savings in forgetting were specific to relational, but not item, memory.{{CitationLitman needed|date=August& 2009Davachi}}

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