ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Enhancing the Spacing Effect with Different Encoding Methods
- Karl Oswald
California State University, Fresno - Lupe Cervantes Chavez
California State University, Fresno - Wesley Gill
California State University, Fresno
Abstract
This study explored whether the spacing effect can be enhanced with different encoding methods (restudy versus retrieval) during different time intervals (massed versus spaced). Participants were tasked to remember word pairs. Participants that learned in a spaced time interval and in retrieval encoding method learned more words.
Memory