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title: "Spacing Revision Across Weeks"
description: "Come back to a topic after a gap, and let the gap grow each time the recall goes well. Two short sessions a week apart beat one long session, even though the spaced one feels harder at the time."
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# Spacing Revision Across Weeks

Come back to a topic after a gap, and let the gap grow each time the recall goes well. Two short sessions a week apart beat one long session, even though the spaced one feels harder at the time.

Subject: Learning to Learn · Area: Learning to Learn · Ages 14 to 15
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/learning-to-learn/spacing-revision-across-weeks-mt_cuBD3LE88f

## Ready when they can

- Turn one topic into a schedule of repeats at growing gaps and say why the gaps grow
- Explain why the session that felt harder is usually the one that lasts
- Rebuild the schedule after a missed week without starting the topic from the beginning

## Lesson: Short recalls at growing gaps

Memory fades on a curve, and each spaced recall flattens that curve a little more. Come back after growing gaps: a day, then several days, then a week. Two short sessions a week apart beat one long session.

**Example.** Each return visit re-encodes the trace right as it starts fading. Testing yourself beats rereading every time, because retrieval is the workout that builds it. The session that felt harder is usually the one that lasts.

Turn spacing into calendar entries instead of good intentions. Block each topic into short dated repeats and leave buffer slots for missed sessions. Put the hardest recall first, when focus is fresh.

**Tip.** A missed week bends the schedule instead of breaking it. Slide later sessions along and keep the growing gaps. Restarting from zero is the only true failure.

**Recap.** Short recalls at growing gaps beat one long cram, and a missed week only slides the plan.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Retrieval Practice Instead of Rereading](https://lightmysky.com/learn/learning-to-learn/retrieval-practice-instead-of-rereading-mt_Pj5Au-ztqs)
- [Reflecting After Learning](https://lightmysky.com/learn/learning-to-learn/reflecting-after-learning-mt_v5yDTWEiyQ)

## Opens up

- [Growing Vocabulary by the Thousand](https://lightmysky.com/learn/languages/growing-vocabulary-by-the-thousand-mt_2kBaoqZimP)
- [Mixing Topics Instead of Blocking Them](https://lightmysky.com/learn/learning-to-learn/mixing-topics-instead-of-blocking-them-mt_C28PN50zwX)