The Relationship between Interleaving and Variability Effects: A Cognitive Load Theory Perspective

• Main Authors: Ouhao Chen (Author), Endah Retnowati (Author), Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso (Author), Fred Paas (Author), John Sweller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The interleaving effect indicates that students learn better from multiple areas that are interleaved rather than blocked. Two experiments tested the hypothesis that the effect is because interleaving facilitates comparisons between areas and is a variation of the variability effect that increases i...