I like this question, since it hits right at the weakest point of spaced repetition.
alright, generally speaking:
Two days of cramming (massed repetition) is going to give you better recall at the end than two days of relaxed studying (spaced repetition). On the other hand, two days of massed repetition right before an exam is going to give you worse recall than a week of spaced repetition leading up to the exam.
However, the difference in the first case isn't too big, since there are diminishing returns on studying a whole lot in a short period of time-- as in, you get a lot more out of the first hour of studying a certain amount of material than you would get out of a second hour of studying that same material
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alright, generally speaking:
Two days of cramming (massed repetition) is going to give you better recall at the end than two days of relaxed studying (spaced repetition). On the other hand, two days of massed repetition right before an exam is going to give you worse recall than a week of spaced repetition leading up to the exam.
However, the difference in the first case isn't too big, since there are diminishing returns on studying a whole lot in a short period of time-- as in, you get a lot more out of the first hour of studying a certain amount of material than you would get out of a second hour of studying that same material ( ... )
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