Maximizing Students' Retention Via Spaced Review: Practical Guidance From Computational Models Of Memory

Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 758-763

  Khajah, Mohammad ^a   Lindsey, Robert ^a   Mozer, Michael ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT R; learning; MCM; memory model; optimization; review; spacing effect

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; STUDENTS;

ACT-R; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF MEMORY; LEARNING; LEARNING TIME; LONG-TERM RETENTION; MEMORY MODELING; OPTIMISATIONS; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; SPACING EFFECT; STUDENT RETENTION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85020816689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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