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Cramming before an exam improves students' long-term retention.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Cramming before an exam improves students' long-term retention?

Unclear. Several sources indicate that cramming does not support long-term retention and that spaced study is what works, but none directly measures whether cramming before an exam improves students' long-term retention. The evidence is partial and one-sided against the claim.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 4 against · Last checked

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Long-Term Memory
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Long-Term Memory. (n.d.). simplypsychology.org. https://www.simplypsychology.org/long-term-memory.html

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Feasibility of parallel assessment of students, teachers and school curriculum based on long-term retention.
2018
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Sitaramam, V. & Vetury-Iyer, P. (2018). Feasibility of parallel assessment of students, teachers and school curriculum based on long-term retention.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/9bf8p

News: Cramming may help for next-day exams.... (The Washington Post) - Behind the headlines - NLMTwitterFacebookLinkedInGitHubTwitterSM-FacebookSM-Youtube
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News: Cramming may help for next-day exams.... (The Washington Post) - Behind the headlines - NLMTwitterFacebookLinkedInGitHubTwitterSM-FacebookSM-Youtube. (n.d.). ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/12118/

Evidence of the Spacing Effect and Influences on Perceptions of Learning and Science Curricula.
2022
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X, Y. (2022). Evidence of the Spacing Effect and Influences on Perceptions of Learning and Science Curricula.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21201

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