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Spacing

Spacing boosts learning by spreading lessons and retrieval opportunities out over time so learning is not crammed all at once. By returning to content every so often, students’ knowledge has had time to rest and be refreshed.

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Spacing boosts learning by spreading retrieval opportunities out over time so learning is not crammed all at once. With spacing, students’ knowledge has had time to rest and be refreshed. Forgetting is good for learning.

 
 
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Two no-prep strategies to crowdsource student learning in your classroom
Two no-prep strategies to crowdsource student learning in your classroom
Download our Spacing Guide with practical strategies and research
Download our Spacing Guide with practical strategies and research
Flash Forward follow up: Two more strategies!
Flash Forward follow up: Two more strategies!
Flash Forward: What do you want to remember 10 years from now?
Flash Forward: What do you want to remember 10 years from now?
Retrieve, space, elaborate, and transfer with Connection Notebooks
Retrieve, space, elaborate, and transfer with Connection Notebooks
Cumulative exams aren't the same as spacing and interleaving. Here's why.
Cumulative exams aren't the same as spacing and interleaving. Here's why.
Quiz yourself! How much do you know about cognitive science strategies?
Quiz yourself! How much do you know about cognitive science strategies?
Push beyond "one and done"
Push beyond "one and done"

 
 
 

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