Spaced vs. Massed
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"Retention is improved when exposure to information is repeated and spaced over time. In this strategy, we create opportunities for students to revisit older content in deliberate and purposeful ways to promote not just recall of that content, but also sustained comprehension of it. The more complex the practice is, the more space you should put between it and the next practice. By using spaced practice in the station rotation model, you can mix it in with mass practice of new content in the same lesson plan." Bold School, Kieschnick, p. 184
Quick Tips:
Mass Practice is concentrated learning over a chunk of time.
Spaced Practice is practice that is spaced out over time.
The more complex the practice, the more time between it and the next practice.
Station Rotation Model allows for massed, spaced and new instruction in the same lesson.
Station Rotation can be used at all grade levels.
Additional Resources:
Video
What is spaced VS massed practice (Stevens, 2016).
Spaced Practice (McGraw Hill PreK-12, 2019).
Article
Examples Utilizing Stations in Math, English, History, and Science Classes (Tucker, 2021)
Utilizing Stations in All Grade Levels for Spaced & Massed Practice (Lee, 2019)
What is Spaced VS Massed Practice (Green, n.d.)
Spaced VS Massed (Killian, 2021)
Spaced VS Distributive Practice (Union of Professionals, 2016)