Spaced Learning is a “learning method in which highly condensed learning content is repeated three times, with two 10-minute breaks during which distractor activities such as physical activities are performed by the students” (Wikipedia, 2018).
Spaced Learning in School
Themes from the Monkseaton High School experience:
- What could do we do better and what we are doing
- Drivers for change are technology and new science
- Neurological research focused on learning and retention
- Repetition of content
- Culture of sharing amongst teachers
Additional Resources
- Chunking Theory
- Deliberate Practice: Practice Like You Play
- Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Keywords: Spaced Learning; Repetition; Sharing; Experience; Cognitive learning; Neuroscience.
References
Eich, E. (2018). The Cognitive Science of Learning Enhancement: Optimizing Long-Term Retention. The University of British Columbia, Department of Psychology.
Kelley, P. (2007). Making Minds: What’s Wrong with Education-and What Should We Do about It?. Routledge. [[abstract]]
Smolen, P., Zhang, Y., & Byrne, J. H. (2016). The right time to learn: mechanisms and optimization of spaced learning. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 17(2), 77.
Storm, B. C. (2011). The benefit of forgetting in thinking and remembering. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20(5), 291-295.