What is the main point of the passage?

Study spread across several days builds stronger memory than one long session, even though it feels harder. (The passage names spacing, explains why it feels harder, and ends with the test result: the spaced group remembers far more.)

In the example given, when does the learner review the material?

On Monday, again on Wednesday, and once more on Sunday. (The second paragraph gives exactly these three days as the review schedule.)

Why do students often believe that one long session works better?

Because the words stay fresh during the session, so studying feels smooth and easy. (The last paragraph links the smooth feeling of a long session to the false belief that more was learned.)

In this passage, crammed means:

forced a large amount of study into one short period (The group that crammed put everything into one night, the opposite of spreading study across days.)

Why Spreading Study Works: Level 2 Reading Comprehension Questions

Many learners study a new word list for two hours on one night. They read the list again and again. By morning, most of the words are gone.

Psychologists call the better method spacing. Instead of one long session, you study the same material in short sessions across several days. You review on Monday, again on Wednesday, and once more on Sunday.

Spacing feels harder. When you come back after two days, part of the list is fading, and pulling the words back takes effort. That effort is the point. Each time you recover a weak memory, the memory becomes stronger and lasts longer.

One long session feels smoother, because the words stay fresh in your mind the whole time. Students trust that smooth feeling and believe they have learned more. Tests show the opposite. Weeks later, the spaced group remembers far more than the group that crammed everything into one night.

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