If the distraction is long and relaxing enough: it should have a positive effect on the second study period. Though I could hardly test this on Japanese students; they are all go, go !
If the distraction is exercise, perhaps intense interval training: I would not be surprised if it had a very positive effect on acuity and memory. Shall be interested in your accumulated wisdom ! George On 28 Oct 2013, at 18:29, Oisín wrote: > A recent paper by Kelley and Whatson [1] describes an approach to learning > which uses short-term spaced repetition to better exploit the information > encoding and LTM activation processes. They advocate a pattern of 20 minutes > study, 10 mins break doing something very different (i.e. physical), then two > sessions of 20 mins review separated by another 10 min break. > I found out about the work here [2]. > > Has anyone heard of this and/or experimented with an SRS like Mnemosyne, > modified to review the same day/session's items in a scheme such as that > described by Kelley and Whatson? It could probably be done via a plugin. A > couple of spaced repetition systems do something almost like this by default; > namely Pauker and Memrise. > > Since it's very well accepted that spaced repetition is far superior to > cramming, it'd be nice to see a study comparing the effectiveness of learning > under three conditions: 1) control, 2) classic SRS (with a minimum resolution > of 1 day) and 3) classic SRS supplemented by the > study->distraction->review->distraction->review pattern described in the > paper. > > Oisín > > ;;;; > [1] http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00589/full > > [2] > http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201310/new-strategy-more-efficient-learning > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/CAO-0pXDMAE_JcGdDPT-RLt9258v6eOt4A8mAAqMDgJ_S75-jBg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/C7F43736-73FC-4D54-A1D6-8057D38D135C%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
