Distributed and massed practice: From laboratory to classroom

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-122

  Seabrook, Rachel ^a   Brown, Gordon D A ^b   Solity, Jonathan E ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; SCHOOL; TEACHING;

EID: 12344255216     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1066     Document Type: Article

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