🔀 Mix Related Topics
Try mixing different subjects but still related to each other during study periods instead of finishing one topic completely and then moving to another.
🎯 Practice Problem Variety
Discrimination skills and recognizing which strategies to apply when can be improved by solving mixed problem types in math and sciences.
🧩 Compare and Contrast
The brain is made to actively compare concepts, thus switching between topics, which leads to a deeper understanding of their similarities and differences.
⏱️ Use Spaced Intervals
Maximize retention and understanding by interleaving with spaced repetition, which is returning to previously studied material after time gaps.
💪 Embrace Difficulty
Interleaving may feel like a tougher approach than blocked practice, but the latter results in better long-term learning due to the desirable difficulties it has which consequently strengthens memory formation.
📋 Create Mixed Quizzes
Challenge yourself with questions from several chapters or units in a randomly ordered manner to mimic a real-world application where problems are not pre-labeled.
🔄 Strategic Context Switching
Set up study sessions that will be deliberately alternating concepts every fifteen to twenty minutes so that cognitive flexibility and retrieval practice are maximized.