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Practice and Skill Learning Effects

Effects of how practice is arranged on learning and long-term performance, including varied practice, overlearning and desirable difficulty. A phenomenon belongs here when its cited article describes how practice affects learning. Every member sits in the Psychology Atlas as its own page with a definition, cited sources and links to related effects, so the group works as a reading path through Practice and Skill Learning Effects rather than as a claim that the members share one cause. Where scholars disagree about how an effect should be classified, the member page says so.

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Varied practice (Wikipedia)
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In the study of learning and memory, varied practice (also known as variable practice, mixed practice or interleaving) refers to the use of a training schedule that includes frequent changes of task so that the performer is constantly confronting novel instantiations of the to-be-learned information.
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Overlearning (Wikipedia)
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Overlearning refers to practicing newly acquired skills beyond the point of initial mastery.
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Desirable difficulty - Wikipedia
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A desirable difficulty is a learning task that requires a considerable but desirable amount of effort, thereby improving long-term performance.
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