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The most important sentence in the article: > The timing mattered, though: only those who’d watched the 2x video for a second time immediately before a test, r
by commoner 5y ago
The most important sentence in the article:
> The timing mattered, though: only those who’d watched the 2x video for a second time immediately before a test, rather than right after the first viewing, got this advantage.
- smiley1437 5y agoSounds a lot like early spaced repetition effects (supermemo/anki) but without the extended repetitions?
- laserlight 5y agoMore like cramming before the exam in this case. Though, one can use rewatching as a spaced repetition session. The key would be to actively try to remember the narrative of the lecture. Otherwise, passive rewatching wouldn't help as much.
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- vmception 5y agoWhat about watching a video at 1x twice
- unknownus3r 5y agoAnother thing: what were the scores? If the 2x watchers got a 70 instead of a 50 does that really help? In college I was trying to get As not Cs
- rsanek 5y agoGiven this huge caveat, the title of the article is at best extremely deceiving. It's bonkers to me that this was the comparison they chose (watched at 1x speed -> 1 week delay -> test) vs (watched at 2x speed -> 1 week delay -> watched 2x speed -> test). Full description of this is found on page 7 at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356194270_Learning_in_Double_Time_The_Effect_of_Lecture_Video_Speed_on_Immediate_and_Delayed_Comprehension https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356194270_Learning_...