Quick Reference STUDY METHODS · No. 12 SPACING

Forgetting is the schedule.

Mix topics so selection stays hard.

Spaced schedule design (B10) and interleaved spaced retrieval (B25) are impact:6 with strong principle evidence. Desirable difficulties (Bjork) are the frame: harder practice that succeeds beats fluent re-reading.

FORGETTING CURVES · MIXED PRACTICE

1

Schedule from outcomes

Pass/fail/confidence/date → next due dates with reasons. You edit before accepting. (B10)

2

Interleave types

Mix problem types so you practise choosing the method, not only executing it. (B11)

3

Always include older

Cumulative sets that pull prior material forward. (B12)

4

Criterion across days

Retrieve to criterion in separated sessions. (B24)

Prompt · Spacing schedule

Help me design a spacing schedule. Here are items and my last outcomes (pass/fail/confidence/date): [ ]. Propose next due dates with intervals. Explain each adjustment in one line. I will edit before accepting.