Spaced Practice
" Success doesn’t come overnight"
What is it
This simple method of spacing out your studying makes a big difference in helping to form lasting memories. It’s a pretty simple concept: space out the times that you study. Instead of spending 5 hours the night before a test studying you would spread out that five hours over the course of a few weeks before the test.
You Naturally forget information over time. But if you refresh your memory periodically, before you’ve forgotten To use our jungle path analogy, spacing increases the number of times you walk down the path. It also spaces out when you do the trips. Doing a number of trips over a period of time helps you to really remember the path. if we compare learning to building a wall, spacing allows time for the mortar for a layer of bricks to set before we add the next layer of bricks.
• One way is to use your calendar to write down times to study. Whether you use paper or digital calendar give yourself set times to practice for a test in the weeks before the test.
What is Effective?
• Refresh •
• Well-Travelled Path •
• Let the information set •
How to Use
• When to use •
• As you might guess, this technique works best when you have time to study before you need to remember. You’ll need days at least, weeks at best.
• Other than that, you can use this to help you learn pretty much everything.
Tips & Tricks
Resources
Downloads:
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Study Strategies: Elaboration
Video
Study Strategies: Elaboration
Video
Study Strategies: Elaboration
Podcasts and web sites