Spaced Repetition: The Secret to Long-Term Memory

Why cramming fails and how spacing out your review sessions can improve retention.

Key takeaways

  • Review a topic soon after first practice, then extend the gap as scores improve.
  • Prioritize low-scoring topics instead of repeating what already feels easy.
  • Use history and results to decide what should come back into the review queue.
  • Keep reviews short and frequent; three 10-minute sessions beat one hour of cramming.
  • Let accuracy decide the gap: easy topics move further out, weak ones stay close.

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