Comments on: Cognitive Science Meets Pre-Algebra https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/cognitive-science-meets-pre-algebra/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/cognitive-science-meets-pre-algebra/comment-page-1/#comment-946651 Isegoria Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:23:31 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32686#comment-946651 Right, doing better during your practice session does not mean improving more from session to session. Getting into the groove improves your immediate performance while reducing the amount of learning.

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/cognitive-science-meets-pre-algebra/comment-page-1/#comment-946649 Ross Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:21:48 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32686#comment-946649 “You’ll do better and your practice will go more smoothly if you give each skill it’s own block of time — but you’ll improve more if you interleave skills.”

So, “doing better” is not “improving more”?

I understand the overall “interleave is good” pitch; I do not understand the prefatory summary.

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