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Spaced learning

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A learning technique in which information is presented or practiced across multiple sessions separated by time intervals, rather than in a single massed session, to improve long-term retention and retrieval.

AP course connection

Topic 2.4: 2.4 Encoding Memories

Unit 2

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