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Title: Unanswered Questions about Spaced Interleaved Mathematics Practice
Language: English
Authors: Rohrer, Doug, Hartwig, Marissa K.
Source: Grantee Submission. 2020.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2020
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Contract Number: R305A160263
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Assignments, Intervals, Problem Solving, Mathematics Tests, Scores, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Barriers
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.06.008
Abstract: A typical mathematics assignment consists of one or two dozen practice problems relating to the same skill or concept, yet empirical evidence suggests that there is little or no long-term benefit from working more than a few problems of the same kind in immediate succession. Alternatively, randomized experiments in the laboratory and classroom have shown that scores on delayed tests improve markedly when most of the practice problems are arranged so that: (1) problems of the same kind are distributed across many assignments spaced weeks apart; and (2) problems of different kinds are interleaved within the same assignment. In this commentary, we describe these math practice strategies and suggest additional lines of research regarding students' and teachers' perceptions of the efficacy and difficulty of these strategies. [This paper was published in "Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition" v9 p433-438 Dec 2020.]
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