Contextual Interference Effects in Early Assessment: Evaluating the Psychometric Benefits of Item Interleaving

Research has shown that the context of practice tasks can have a significant impact on learning, with long-term retention and transfer improving when tasks of different types are mixed by interleaving (abcabcabc) compared with grouping together in blocks (aaabbbccc). This study examines the influenc...

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Main Authors: Anthony D. Albano, Scott R. McConnell, Erin M. Lease, Liuhan Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feduc.2020.00133/full

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