Spaced Retrieval: Absolute Spacing Enhances Learning Regardless of Relative Spacing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1250-1257

  Karpicke, Jeffrey D ^a   Bauernschmidt, Althea ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Retrieval practice; Spacing effect; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 80052839952     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023436     Document Type: Article

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