scholarly journals Evidence of the Spacing Effect and Influences on Perceptions of Learning and Science Curricula

Cureus ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuechen Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Spacing Effect ◽  
Science Curricula

Limitations to the Spacing Effect

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen ◽  
Remy M. J. P. Rikers ◽  
Henk G. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Phase Retrieval ◽  
Incidental Learning ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Recall Performance ◽  
Spacing Effect ◽  
Word List ◽  
Intentional Learning ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Learning Condition

Abstract. The spacing effect refers to the finding that memory for repeated items improves when the interrepetition interval increases. To explain the spacing effect in free-recall tasks, a two-factor model has been put forward that combines mechanisms of contextual variability and study-phase retrieval (e.g., Raaijmakers, 2003 ; Verkoeijen, Rikers, & Schmidt, 2004 ). An important, yet untested, implication of this model is that free recall of repetitions should follow an inverted u-shaped relationship with interrepetition spacing. To demonstrate the suggested relationship an experiment was conducted. Participants studied a word list, consisting of items repeated at different interrepetition intervals, either under incidental or under intentional learning instructions. Subsequently, participants received a free-recall test. The results revealed an inverted u-shaped relationship between free recall and interrepetition spacing in both the incidental-learning condition and the intentional-learning condition. Moreover, for intentionally learned repetitions, the maximum free-recall performance was located at a longer interrepetition interval than for incidentally learned repetitions. These findings are interpreted in terms of the two-factor model of spacing effects in free-recall tasks.

Relational and Item-Specific Processing in the Spacing Effect

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel ◽  
Mark A. McDaniel
Keyword(s):  
Spacing Effect

The Spacing Effect: Useful or Just Interesting?

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold E. Pashler ◽  
Nicholas Cepeda ◽  
Doug Rohrer ◽  
John Wixted
Keyword(s):  
Spacing Effect
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