The benefit of interleaved mathematics practice is not limited to superficially similar kinds of problems

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1323-1330

  Rohrer, Doug ^a   Dedrick, Robert F ^a   Burgess, Kaleena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleaved; Learning; Mathematics; Practice; Spacing

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84930822077     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0588-3     Document Type: Article

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