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Study Strategy: Spaced Practice

by | Mar 28, 2022 | Resources for Incoming Students, Study Tips, Study Tools

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Spaced Practice

Spaced practice is the exact opposite of cramming. When you cram, you study for a long, intense period of time close to an exam. When you space your learning, you take that same amount of study time and spread it out across a much longer period of time. Doing it this way, that same amount of study time will produce more long-lasting learning. For example, five hours spread out over two weeks is better than the same five hours right before the exam.

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Bib:

“Spaced Practice.” The Learning Scientists, https://www.learningscientists.org/spaced-practice.

Weinstein, Yana. “Learn How to Study Using… Spaced Practice.” The Learning Scientists, The Learning Scientists, 10 Feb. 2019, https://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/7/21-1.