According to the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve, if instruction is not repeated or scaffolded in increasing intervals, students are likely to forget much of what they learn. Hence, educators and parents can use this factor to design curricula and help students develop study skills that include regular review sessions at increasing intervals.
This approach is called Spaced Repetition. Yet, how does it work?
Well, first, when it comes to building good study habits, students should avoid cramming. This is an ineffective way to store information in long term memory. Rather a more effective approach is to review newly learned information at increasing intervals (e.g., 20 minutes, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month).
In this way, newly learned instruction is more likely to be stored in long term memory where students can recall and use the information.
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