A possible explanation for distributed practice being an effective learning strategy versus massed practice is that, when we engage in massed practice, retrieving recently studied information is relatively easy, whereas during distributed practice, it is more difficult to retrieve information that we studied.
Explanation:
Distributed practice is the strategy used by the students while learning. According to distributed practice, the study session of the students will be increased while the study time for each session will be less.
Mass practice is another strategy used for studying. In this practice, the number of study session will be less as each session has longer study duration.
Research found that distributed practice will be more effective than the mass practice. Studying the concept in the distributed practice causes difficulty in retrieving the information.
