Spacing Revision Across Weeks · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Short recalls at growing gaps

Learning to Learn · Learning to Learn · ages 14-15
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Two short sessions a week apart beat one long cram.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. Which pattern follows spacing?

    • Short recalls after a day, days, then a week
    • One long session the night before
    • Reading the chapter twice in a row

  3. Where should a spaced plan live?

    • A vague wish to revise more
    • Dated entries on a calendar with buffer slots
    • A notebook of wishes

  4. What is the engine inside every spaced repeat?

    • Reading notes back once more
    • Watching a video about the topic
    • Testing yourself from memory, not reading back

  5. Why does the session that felt harder usually last?

    • It used nicer stationery
    • It forced full retrieval, which strengthens the trace
    • It lasted twice as long

  6. When should the hardest recall of the day happen?

    • First, when focus is fresh
    • Last, when you are tired
    • Only at weekends

  7. Two learners revise the same hours. One crams Sunday night, one spaces short recalls over two weeks. Who keeps more, and why?

    • The crammer, fresher on Monday
    • Equal, because hours were equal
    • The spacer, because each return re-encodes the fading trace

  8. A learner misses a week and restarts the whole topic from day one. What is wrong?

    • The gaps must shrink after a miss
    • Restarting wastes progress: slide sessions along instead
    • Spacing only works without misses
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Answer key

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  1. True · Spaced returns beat massed rereading every time.
  2. Short recalls after a day, days, then a week · Spacing means short returns at gaps that keep growing.
  3. Dated entries on a calendar with buffer slots · Calendar entries with slack turn intentions into repeats.
  4. Testing yourself from memory, not reading back · Every repeat must be retrieval, or the gap does nothing.
  5. It forced full retrieval, which strengthens the trace · Struggle means the brain did the retrieval workout.
  6. First, when focus is fresh · Fresh focus handles the toughest retrieval best.
  7. The spacer, because each return re-encodes the fading trace · Each return visit catches the trace as it fades and firms it.
  8. Restarting wastes progress: slide sessions along instead · A miss bends the plan; restarting throws away real gains.
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