Susan Smith Nash has a post reporting some research that Rehearsal and Repetition May Be Bad For Learning.

There’s some interesting implications here and I wish she’d post the cite…

2 Responses to “E-Learning Queen: Rehearsal and Repetition May Be Bad For Learning”

  1. susan Says:

    Thank you very much for the post!! I was saving the sources for “part II” — but you raise a good point. I’ll add them to the post & then will add them to part II as well.

    Here they are … ;)

    Useful Resources

    Driskell, J. E., Copper, C., and Moran, A. (1994). Does mental practice enhance performance? Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 805-814.

    Ferguson-Hessler, M. G. M., and de Jong, T. (1990). Studying physics texts: Differences in study processes between good and poor performers. Cognition and Instruction, 7, 41-54.

    Karabenick, S. A., and Knapp, J. R. (1991). Relationship of academic help seeking to the use of learning strategies and other instrumental achievement behaviors in college students. Journal of Educational Psychology. 16. 117-138.

    Kuhl, J. (1992). A theory of self-regulation: Action versus state orientation, self-discrimination, and some applications. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 41, 97-129.

    Mueller, J. H. (1992) Anxiety and performance. In A. P. Smith and D. M. Jones (Eds.), Handbook of human performance (Vol 3, pp. 127-160). London: Academic Press.

    Pintrich, P. R., and De Groot, E. V. (1990). Motivational and self-regulated learning components of classroom academic performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82. 33-40.

    Seipp, B. (1991). Anxiety and academic performance. A meta-analysis of findings. Anxiety Research, 4, 27-41.

    Snow, R. E. and Swanson, J. (1992). Instructional psychology

  2. nlowell Says:

    I’m even more impressed now!

    Thanks, Your E-Highness :D

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