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Interleaving

Interleaving boosts learning by mixing up closely related topics, which encourages students to develop the ability to distinguish between multiple concepts.

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Interleaving boosts learning by mixing up closely related topics, which challenges students to compare, contrast, and discriminate. For example, learning increases when students practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems all mixed up, rather than practicing one type of problem at a time.

 
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Want to know what interleaving feels like? Try these quick math problems!
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Download, adapt, and create Retrieval Grids to boost learning!
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Cumulative exams aren't the same as spacing and interleaving. Here's why.
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Interleaving is a roll of the dice (and that's a good thing!)
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What do fruit salad and interleaving have in common?
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Download our Interleaving Practice Guide!

 
 
 

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