Why Do Your Teachers Want You to Distribute Your Study

question 53

Multiple Choice

Why do your teachers want you to distribute your study time evenly across the semester, rather than cram your learning into a few long, unbroken intervals just before exam days?

• A) They know people learn better when using massed practice rather than distributive practice.
• B) They are capitalizing on the sleeper effect.
• C) They want you to be a nerd.
• D) They know people learn better when using distributed rather than massed practice.

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