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Tullis JG, Benjamin AS. On the effectiveness of self-paced learning. J Mem Lang. 2011;64(2):109-118doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.002.
Tullis, J. G., & Benjamin, A. S. (2011). On the effectiveness of self-paced learning. Journal of memory and language, 64(2), 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.002
Tullis, Jonathan G, and Benjamin, Aaron S. "On the effectiveness of self-paced learning." Journal of memory and language vol. 64,2 (2011): 109-118. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.002
Tullis JG, Benjamin AS. On the effectiveness of self-paced learning. J Mem Lang. 2011 Feb 01;64(2):109-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.002. PMID: 21516194; PMCID: PMC3079256.
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J Mem Lang. 2011 Feb 01;64(2):109-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.002.

On the effectiveness of self-paced learning.

Journal of memory and language

Jonathan G Tullis, Aaron S Benjamin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

PMID: 21516194 PMCID: PMC3079256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.002

Abstract

Metacognitive monitoring and control must be accurate and efficient in order to allow self-guided learners to improve their performance. Yet few examples exist in which allowing learners to control learning produces higher levels of performance than restricting learners' control. Here we investigate the consequences of allowing learners to self-pace study of a list of words on later recognition, and show that learners with control of study-time allocation significantly outperformed subjects with no control, even when the total study time was equated between groups (Experiments 1 and 2). The self-pacing group also outperformed a group for which study time was automatically allocated as a function of normative item difficulty (Experiment 2). The advantage of self-pacing was apparent only in subjects who utilized a discrepancy reduction strategy-that is, who allocated more study time to normatively difficult items. Self-pacing can improve memory performance, but only when appropriate allocation strategies are used.

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