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Cepeda, Nicholas J.; Coburn, Noriko; Rohrer, Doug; Wixted, John T.; Mozer, Michael C,; Pashler, Harold – Online Submission, 2009
More than a century of research shows that increasing the gap between study episodes using the same material can enhance retention, yet little is known about how this so-called distributed practice effect unfolds over nontrivial periods. In two three-session laboratory studies, we examined the effects of gap on retention of foreign vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Intervals, Educational Practices, Retention (Psychology)
Johnson, Genevieve Marie; Johnson, Julia Ann – Online Submission, 2006
Forty-eight college students participated in an ABAB analysis; the A condition was online study groups and the B condition was individual online quizzes. The effect of A and B on student satisfaction and achievement was determined. The Index of Learning Styles categorized students on four dimensions of learning style (active-reflective,…
Descriptors: Tests, Online Courses, College Students, Student Attitudes