Surveying Awareness of Learning Techniques
While the educational literature has discovered and established several principles that maximize learning, if students are not aware of these principles, these discoveries cannot be effectively applied. In collaboration with the National University of Singapore and the University of California San Diego (UCSD), we contributed to the statistical analyses of a survey designed to evaluate awareness among students of two key learning techniques: spaced practice (spreading activities out over time) and interleaved practice (alternating between topics as they are learned).
The results, which showed consistency across culturally diverse samples, indicate that many students are unfamiliar with these techniques, revealing a significant gap between pedagogical research and studying efficiency in educational settings. The findings of this survey have been published in Applied Cognitive Psychology, a Q1 journal in the Science Citation Index.
Note. Survey results about the student awareness of distributed and interleaved practice techniques.
Project Overview
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Duration: 3 weeks (Statistical analysis phase).
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Role: Eduardo González was responsible for the statistical analysis of differences across Universities and study subjects.
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Team: Team of 5 researchers from the National University of Singapore and the University of California San Diego.
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Key Tools: R for statistical analysis.
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Project Goal: Evaluate the awareness and usage of distributed practice and interleaved practice among undergraduate students and instructors.
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Methods: Cross-sectional Survey administered to students at 2 major Universities in Asia and North America, followed by statistical modeling of differences across institutions and learning subjects.
