Experimental studies in rote-learning theory. VI. Comparison of retention following learning to same criterion by massed and distributed practice.
Experimental studies in rote-learning theory. VI. Comparison of retention following learning to same criterion by massed and distributed practice.
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死记硬背理论的实验研究。
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10.1037/h0055061
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发表时间：
1940
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通讯作者：
C. I. Hovland
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作者：
C. I. Hovland
In this study college students learned nonsense syllables to a criterion of one perfect recitation. 6 seconds elapsed between trials during massed practice and 2 minutes between trials during distributed practice. Retention was tested at intervals of 6 seconds, 2 minutes, 10 minutes, and 24 hours. Recall was better following learning by distributed practice than following learning by massed practice despite the fact that fewer trials had been spent in learning by distributed practice. Similar results were obtained when the numbers of trials required to relearn to the original criterion for each interval were computed. Forgetting curves were plotted with the time intervals spaced logarithmically. Following the first 2 minutes, both recall and relearning showed a linear decrease as a function of the log of time. During the first 2 minutes, however, both curves show a slow rate of forgetting, that following massed practice actually showing an initial increase in retention. The apparent divergence between the curves for distributed practice and massed practice learning becomes greater with the passage of time. The theoretical significance of the findings is discussed.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
