Evaluating a range of learning schedules: hybrid training schedules may be as good as or better than distributed practice for some tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 276-290

  Paik, Jaehyon ^a   Ritter, Frank E ^b  

^a LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge types; learning; retention; training schedules

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE TYPES; LEARNING; LEARNING SCHEDULE; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; RETENTION; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TRAINING SCHEDULES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959894187     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1067332     Document Type: Article

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