Blocked Practice: It involves learning or practising one skill at a time before progressing to another one. This practice would establish a pattern that looks like AAABBBCCC, where A, B and C represent different skills.

Interleaved Practice: It mixes the practice of several related skills throughout the study session. So the pattern of interleaving would work like ABCABCABC.

Research shows that interleaving is more effective, especially for complex tasks, as it disrupts predictable patterns, creating a stronger impression.

Learning Activity:
Create a mixed study session by interleaving related concepts instead of focusing on just one. For example, if you’re studying languages, try reviewing vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure in one session instead of doing each separately.