The effects of interleaved practice

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 837-848

  Taylor, Kelli ^a   Rohrer, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PAINTING; PRACTICE ACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL RETENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78149347392     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1598     Document Type: Article

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