For many years, psychologists, scientists and behavior annalists have lived with the controversy of whether Distributed practice or Massed practice produces better learning. Many discoveries about the mind from cognitive scientist prove that there are certain techniques that improve the memory more than others. A group of rookie scientists decided to ask Dr. Sean Kang which is an assistant Professor and also Director of “Cognition and Education Lab located at Dartmouth College, about which is the most effective technique for teachers to use with their students to learn something well. Without any hesitation, he explained how Distributed practice over Massed practice has been proven to be the most efficient strategy that can produce durable learning experiences and retention to the working memory.
Many experiments have been conducted by scientists with proving results that Distributed practice in fact, produces better learning in any individual no matter the age and also to any trainable animal. On the other hand, massed practice, even though is effective in some individuals, has not been proven to be as successful in helping the working memory retain the information learned as Distributed practice has. Distributed practice, also known as Spacing Practice, uses strategies that help the …show more content…
Brown, and Jonathan E. Solity, three experiments were performed to prove the effectiveness of Spacing Practice in learning. Some of the researchers conducting these experiments were: Toppino and DeMesquita (1984), and Wilson (1976). They used Distributed and Massed practice on individuals of ages varying from 5 to adults. They concluded that Distributed learning had beneficiated the working memory potentially compared to Mass practice. Mass practiced is defined as a learning technique that is taught in short periods of time by presenting the material
Many experiments have been conducted by scientists with proving results that Distributed practice in fact, produces better learning in any individual no matter the age and also to any trainable animal. On the other hand, massed practice, even though is effective in some individuals, has not been proven to be as successful in helping the working memory retain the information learned as Distributed practice has. Distributed practice, also known as Spacing Practice, uses strategies that help the …show more content…
Brown, and Jonathan E. Solity, three experiments were performed to prove the effectiveness of Spacing Practice in learning. Some of the researchers conducting these experiments were: Toppino and DeMesquita (1984), and Wilson (1976). They used Distributed and Massed practice on individuals of ages varying from 5 to adults. They concluded that Distributed learning had beneficiated the working memory potentially compared to Mass practice. Mass practiced is defined as a learning technique that is taught in short periods of time by presenting the material