Overlearning refers to practicing newly acquired skills beyond the point of initial mastery.
The term is also often used to refer to the pedagogical theory that this form of practice leads to automaticity or other beneficial consequences.
It also concluded that the size of this effect may be moderated by the amount of overlearning, task type, and length of retention.
[2] The length of the retention interval also affected overlearning, but the effects were different for physical and cognitive tasks.
[3] After one week, overlearners recalled more geography facts and word definitions than non-overlearners, but this improvement gradually disappeared after the study.
[3] This research suggests that overlearning may be an inefficient study method for long-term retention of geography facts and word definitions.