Education & Learning · The Science of Learning
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The Shuffling of Mathematics Problems Improves Learning
Doug Rohrer & Kelli Taylor · 2007
Two classroom experiments find college students solve maths problems better a week later when practice problems of different types are mixed together…
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Learning Concepts and Categories: Is Spacing the "Enemy of Induction"?
Nate Kornell & Robert A. Bjork · 2008
Finds that studying paintings interleaved across artists, rather than blocked by artist, produces better later recognition of each artist's style,…
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Doug Rohrer & Kelli Taylor
Two classroom experiments find college students solve maths problems better a week later when practice problems of different types are mixed together rather than blocked by type, even though blocked practice feels easier at the time.
18 pageslink checked 17 Sept 2026Kelli Taylor & Doug Rohrer
Finds fourth-graders who practised interleaved maths problems scored nearly double, a day later, the exam performance of those who practised the same problems blocked by type.
12 pageslink checked 17 Sept 2026Nate Kornell & Robert A. Bjork
Finds that studying paintings interleaved across artists, rather than blocked by artist, produces better later recognition of each artist's style, suggesting spacing can help induction rather than only rote memory as usually assumed.
8 pageslink checked 17 Sept 2026