The effect of distributed practice on immediate posttraining, and long-term performance on a complex command-and-control simulation task

Human Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 428-445

  Arthur Jr , Winfred ^a   Day, Eric Anthony ^b   Villado, Anton J ^a   Boatman, Paul R ^b   Kowollik, Vanessa ^b   Bennett Jr , Winston ^c   Bhupatkar, Alok ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 78649453995     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959285.2010.515277     Document Type: Article

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