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Spacing Practice

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An approach to studying that establishes a period of time between episodes of practice to coincide with the point that the learner is close to forgetting the content; contrasts from concentrating practice within one continuous episode.

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The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305C210003 to SRI International. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.

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