> That’s a shame, because it’s the most effective way to build your skills. this is just not true. blocked practice (i.e. practicing the same task repeatedly)

> That’s a shame, because it’s the most effective way to build your skills. this is just not true. blocked practice (i.e. practicing the same task repeatedly) is generally worse for long-term retention than mixed practice strategies where you vary the practice conditions or interleave different tasks in practice e.g. if you go through 100 problems of 2 digit multiplication, you will probably have worse retention than if you went through 10 of those problems, then 10 division problems, then 5 word problems, then 10 3 digit multiplication problems, and so on, equating practice time drilling _feels_ like a really effective way to learn because you do better at it and quickly develop muscle memory or mental shortcuts, but your performance on practice tasks is really not a good signal of your actual learning or retention. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275355435_Learning_Versus_Performance_An_Integrative_Review https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275355435_Learning_...