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Direct linkPavlik, Philip I.; Anderson, John R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2008
By balancing the spacing effect against the effects of recency and frequency, this paper explains how practice may be scheduled to maximize learning and retention. In an experiment, an optimized condition using an algorithm determined with this method was compared with other conditions. The optimized condition showed significant benefits with…
Descriptors: Intervals, Effect Size, Recall (Psychology), Experimental Psychology
Schustack, Miriam W.; Anderson, John R. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Two experiments explored how memory for new information is affected by awareness of parallels to pre-experimental knowledge. Results suggest that the benefit of prior knowledge derives from the more elaborate encodings that analogy promotes. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experiential Learning, Experimental Psychology, Information Theory
