Massed and distributed practice

Massed practice is many small practices close together.  Distributed practice is spreading out the practice over longer intervals.  It is my belief that both are needed, but true learning only occurs if distributed practice is used and students truly learn the material, not just memorize it to take a specific assessment.  Many years ago, I taught at a Christian school that used the Abeka curriculum.  I have never since used a curriculum that was so targeted for distributed practice as effective as this curriculum.  Kudos to a great Christian curriculum that got it right the first time!