Slow and Steady Wins the Race—Distributed vs. Massed Practice

By Keely Smith and Melanie Hernandez

Picture this. It is late August. Tomorrow is the day that you leave your hometown to move into your college dorm. You cannot contain your excitement. You are going to your dream school. This is the moment you have waited for all summer. But, you realize that you are a little worried. Numerous questions run through your head. What if college is much harder than high school? What if you do not get the same good grades that you always used to? What if you do not maintain the GPA you need in order to keep your scholarship? What if you disappoint your parents? If this sounds like you, then you have found your way to the right blog—we are here to offer you Cognitive Psychology’s best advice for successful learning and studying in college.

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Post: Statement on Sharing to Twitter

Hi all–

I wanted to share that as students post their tips and strategies for effective learning and studying, they will be automatically shared to my Twitter account, @ProfASwan. This post is an attempt to test the Publicizing feature of the site.

Cheers,
Dr. Swan

This is a test post!

This is text of a test post and helpful tips/hints/suggestions.

Use a standard format, public visibility, category (for post type), tags (for more specific keywords). Let the site generate a slug (after you’ve typed a title), and do NOT use “current location.”

To use a tag, type your keyword, and THEN type a comma. Tags can be multiple words.

If you have another WordPress, make sure you are posting to the correct page! (Look at the site in the upper-left hand corner of the page).

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