Mixing different types of practice problems works better than blocking them by type

In a 2007 study, Doug Rohrer and Kelly Taylor had students practice math problems either grouped by type, all of one kind before moving to the next, or interleaved, with types mixed randomly. Blocked practice felt easier and produced better scores during practice itself, but interleaved practice produced far higher scores on a test given days later.

— Doug Rohrer, Kelly Taylor, The Shuffling of Mathematics Problems Improves Learning — Instructional Science, 2007

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