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distributed practice

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noun

  1. psychol learning with reasonably long intervals between separate occasions of learning Compare massed practice

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“Our system employs a symbiotic collection of highly effective pedagogical techniques such as distributed practice, layering and mixed review.”

From Washington Post Oct. 16, 2022

When they're going to be taking advanced classes in the subject, they are going to build on the knowledge they're developing, so I highly recommend distributed practice.

From BBC May 18, 2013

However the best strategy is to plan ahead and not do all your revision on one subject in a block before moving on to the next - a technique called "distributed practice".

From BBC May 18, 2013

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