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Originally Posted by Mowicz
Learning, as with learning a motor skill like shooting free throws, is done best in little 'bursts.' The ideal learning environment is one where you practice/study for an hour, and take a 15 minute break. You retain more information this way.
I think they tested sets of two people, one of which studied a list of words for 4 hours straight, the other studied a list of words for a total of 4 hours, but with 15 minute intervals (so about 45 minutes at a time), and the 2nd person actually retained far more information, even though their study time only totalled 3 hours.
This is ideal, but let's face it, it never happens in practice. S:
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Not true... It's not hard to take a break after a chapter or sub-chapter. That's what I did last year. After every chapter or sub-chapter I would take a break, walk around, drink some water, etc...
I think it's a lot easier when the material is already divided for you. Unless if the chapter is like 100 pages of course XD
