Everything about Distributed practice
Learning strategy
Distributed practice is a learning strategy, where practice is broken up into a number of short sessions over a longer period of time. Humans and other animals learn items in a list more effectively when they are studied in several sessions spread out over a long period of time, rather than studied repeatedly in a short period of time, a phenomenon called the spacing effect. The opposite, massed practice, consists of fewer, longer training sessions and is generally a less effective method of learning. For example, when studying for an exam, dispersing your studying more frequently over a larger period of time will result in more effective learning than intense study the night before. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Distributed practiceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Infant exuberant object play at home: Immense amounts of time-distributed, variable practiceInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Applied survival analysisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Distributed computing in practice: the Condor experienceCited 1,298 times
- Go sideways: Spacing effectA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Encoding (memory)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Distributed computing in practice: the Condor experience
Investigating School Leadership Practice: A Distributed Perspective
What makes distributed practice effective?
Distributed leadership: developing theory from practice
Optimizing Distributed Practice
Distributed leadership in practice
Distributed and massed practice: from laboratory to classroom
Leadership as distributed: a matter of practice
🆕 Influential since 2022
Infant exuberant object play at home: Immense amounts of time-distributed, variable practice
Systematic review of distributed practice and retrieval practice in health professions education
Exploring Teachers’ Instructional Practice Profiles: Do Distributed Leadership and Teacher Collaboration Make a Difference?
Effects of distributed practice on the acquisition of verb-noun collocations
Connecting Distributed Leadership and Leadership-as-Practice to Increase Understanding of Leadership as Distributed in Healthcare Practice
📚 Books worth reading
Applied survival analysisDavid W. Hosmer, David W. Hosmer Jr. · 1999
Distributive JusticeMichael Allingham · 2014
Divorce and moneyViolet Woodhouse · 1992
FranchisingK.V.Prichard Jones, K. v. prichard Jones · 1981
Not on the LabelFelicity Lawrence · 2004
Distributive justiceJulian Lamont · 2012
Code of CapitalKatharina Pistor · 2019
JusticeLouis P. Pojman · 2005
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