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What is Spacing Effect

Chapter 3
Optimizing Higher Education Learning Through Activities and Assessments
The finding that better learning occurs when study events are spaced apart in time rather than repeated in immediate succession.
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Implications of Cognitive Theories for Optimizing Higher Education Learning
Erol Ozcelik (Cankaya University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4036-7.ch003
Abstract
Cognitive theories have the potential to provide suggestions to design more effective learning environments for higher education. The goal of this chapter is to review cognitive theories and principles based on empirical findings and suggest implications for practice. Working memory theory, distributed cognition theory, dual-process theory, modulatory emotional consolidation theory, mental model theory, metacognitive theory, transfer appropriate processing principle, generation effect, testing effect, and spacing effect are presented in the current study. Based on these theoretical frameworks, novel recommendations for educational practice are suggested.
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