Ep 220: What Interleaved Practice Teaches Us About Real Learning
New Teacher Talk kicks off a special Science of Learning series with Dr. Ken King of Aurora University. In this first episode, Dr. King makes a case that may feel counterintuitive: the practice that feels easiest is often the practice that teaches the least.
The focus is interleaved practice, the strategy of mixing different problem types and topics together rather than drilling them one block at a time. Dr. King explains why blocked practice, like twenty fraction problems in a row or fifty free throws before layups, creates quick, visible improvement that can fool us. It looks like learning…
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