Spaced repetition is a form of rote learning that is based on assimilating certain information, allowing time intervals to pass, which get longer and longer between one practice session and another. It is a technique that is being used much today, in order to remember content and implement long - term skills instead of doing intensively in a short time.
The space between each workout increases little by little, as what is learned becomes stronger, thanks to the spaced repetition technique. It is important to note that the basic purpose of this technique is to review all the content that has been learned in different periods of time. In this way, all the moments of practice are temporarily moved away and in this way the information that is retained in the memory, ends up being better recorded.
One of the pioneers in describing this phenomenon was Hermann Ebbinghaus, who presented the theory that when learning is distributed over various time intervals, information tends to be retained better than if the entire content had been studied in a single day.
For example, if a person must study for an exam and only dedicates about 5 hours of the day before it, after the exam, most of the information studied will have been forgotten in a few days, otherwise it would have happened, if those 5 hours, would have been spread over several days.
Now, the person who wants to put this technique into practice, must first start by dividing the information to be studied, into small blocks of content.
For example, if you are learning a foreign language, you should start with a few words and if you want to memorize a little longer fragments it is better to resort to outlining or summarizing the information.
