Tag Archives: Spacing

The highs and lows of spaced practice

Posted on March 12, 2019 by

By Andy Tharby Spaced practice (or ‘spacing’ or ‘distributed practice’) involves repeatedly coming back to the information that we are learning in various short sessions, spaced out over time, rather than ‘cramming’ it into a single intense period – known … Continue reading →

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Spacing and Interleaving

Posted on June 12, 2014 by

The 15 minute forum tonight was led by Andy Tharby, inspired by the above book.  One of the principles behind this, is that we should be designing a curriculum and teaching sequence around what we know about memory – so … Continue reading →

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