Why interleaving enhances inductive learning: The roles of discrimination and retrieval

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 392-402

  Birnbaum, Monica S ^a   Kornell, Nate ^b   Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon ^a   Bjork, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Induction; Interleaving; Metacognition; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875034590     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0272-7     Document Type: Article

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