alternating study
nounUK /ˈɔːltəneɪtɪŋ ˈstʌdi/
US /ˈɔːltərneɪtɪŋ ˈstʌdi/
A way of learning where you switch back and forth between different subjects or topics.
With alternating study, she read math for twenty minutes, then switched to history for twenty minutes.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A research method where two or more treatments are switched in a repeated pattern.
The experiment used alternating study periods to compare the two teaching methods.
3. A plan in which study time is divided between two or more subjects in turns.
His alternating study plan gave equal time to science and language each evening.
4. The act of examining something by turns from different points of view.
The report was an alternating study of the city's past and present.