What describes the approach of spreading study sessions over time rather than concentrating them in a single block?

• A. Neurodiversity
• B. Distributed practice
• C. Desirable difficulty
• D. Learning science

Answer: (B)

Spaced (distributed) practice means spreading study sessions over time instead of cramming into one block. This approach strengthens memory by requiring you to retrieve information after a delay, which reinforces learning and improves long-term retention. Each subsequent review rebuilds the memory trace, making recall more durable and reducing forgetting compared with massed practice. It also helps manage mental fatigue and keeps study sessions more productive over days or weeks.

Neurodiversity refers to differences in how people learn due to neurological variation, not a study scheduling method. Desirable difficulty is a broader idea about making tasks suitably challenging to improve learning, but it doesn’t specifically describe the scheduling of practice sessions. Learning science is the field that studies how people learn in general, not the particular technique described here.