Thanks for the info. Unfortunately this research was carried out only for two
weeks. If it had used longer intervals, result would have been of greater
magnitude.

Germán Salízar Pareja




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From: Alexander Laertes <ablaert@...>
To: supermemo@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 7:51:19 PM
Subject: [supermemo] SuperMemo in a recent study

Hi,

Apparently this article has been around for some time. To my knowledge it
is not mentioned on the Supermemo.com site. The "computer-based adaptive
learning system" in the study is none other than SuperMemo.

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Does adaptive training work?

Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Roland J. Baddeley
Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 23 Issue 2, 254-266

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.1454


Abstract

People intuitively alter the allocation of study time between items of
varying difficulty, and such adaptive learning methods are widely used in
education and in commercially available memory training programs. We
investigated the effectiveness of a computer-based adaptive learning
system that utilises spacing and repetition effects by presenting
difficult items with short gaps to establish fast learning, and easy items
with long intervals to optimise long-term retention. The immediate and
delayed effects of adaptive training on cued recall were investigated
relative to a control condition of non-adaptive, random spacing. Adaptive
training produced significantly higher immediate and delayed recall rates
than random spacing. These results encourage the use of adaptive training
in education and rehabilitation. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Someone has blogged about it:
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/07/computerised-learning-tool-helps\
-boost.html
or http://tinyurl.com/nr2ttx

Alex


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