Explain the relative merits of distributed versus massed practice

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Distributed practice involves breaking the material into smaller, manageable amounts (such as breaking a list of fifty vocabulary words into five lists of ten words each) and using short study periods at frequent intervals to learn the material. Distributed practice is helpful when it is necessary to learn and retain large amounts of unrelated material. Distributed practice reduces the serial position effect. Massed practice involves the use of a few rather long study periods, spaced infrequently. If there is a lot of information to be learned, the serial position effect will be greater, and information in the middle of the list is more likely to be forgotten. Massed practice
can help students recognize relationships between elements and comprehend overall structure.

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All the following are reasons there is great variability in the numbers of reported students who are gifted or talented in each state EXCEPT ________.

A. the education of gifted or talented students is not mandated nor funded by IDEA B. states do not include prevalence information about these students to their federal government report about disabilities C. the definition of giftedness varies among the states D. parents and teachers are not required to report children who are gifted or talented for inclusion in prevalence numbers

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If the teacher cannot easily identify problematic times, this type of graph can be useful: ________ _______

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. intrapersonal b. interpersonal c. societal d. physical

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