Attaching the name "spaced repetition" to SuperMemo
This reference is used to annotate "History of spaced repetition" (2018) by Piotr Wozniak
On Feb 3, 1999, I was reviewing literature under the keyword "spaced repetition". One of the papers was a piece from Navy Personnel Research and Development Center: "What Works in Adult Instruction". These were the days before incremental reading, however, using the record of review in SuperMemo, I believe that the following sentence might have tipped the balance towards the name "spaced repetition" as opposed to "repetition spacing":
Instructional practice is often contrary to recommendations derived from the findings, and improvements are needed to help increase instructional effectiveness. For example, the benefits of spaced practice have been known to researchers for 100 years, yet spaced repetition is not a major component of instructional programs (Druckman & Bjork, 1991)
Quoted excerpts come from the following reference:
Title: What Works in Adult Instruction: The Management, Design and Delivery of Instruction
Link: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA266344
Date: June 1993
Authors: William E. Montague, Frederick G. Knirk