PSY/CS330 Human Factors
01/11/2001
Day 1-37
Distribution of Practice - 2
uThe challenge: Adams and Reynolds (1954)
lalso used pursuit rotor
lone group always had distributed practice
lAll other groups started out in massed practice
lThe distributed group performed better
lOther groups switched to distributed practice
lDistributing practice has more of an effect on performance not learning
Distributed practice means long rests between trials.
Massed Practice means short rests between trials.