Maximizing students' retention via spaced review: Practical guidance from computational models of memory

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-169

  Khajah, Mohammad M ^a   Lindsey, Robert V ^a   Mozer, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT R; Learning; MCM; Memory model; Optimization; Review; Spacing effect

Indexed keywords

ACT-R; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MCM; MEMORY; MEMORY MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SPACING EFFECT;

ACT-R; LEARNING; MCM; MEMORY MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; SPACING EFFECT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84893173267     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12077     Document Type: Article

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