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Level 1 · Warm-up
1 How long should a free-recall session usually run?
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5–10 minutes — keep going until nothing more comes, then organise and check.
2 Flashcards are an example of which retrieval type?
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Cued recall — the prompt triggers the answer.
Level 2 · Core
3 Which question is APPLICATION practice rather than recall?
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The green light question — a novel scenario requiring you to use the knowledge, not just state it.
4 Recommended staging: which retrieval type suits the EARLY stage of learning a topic?
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Cued recall early, elaborative in the middle, application and free recall late.
Level 3 · Challenge
5 Students often score 80–90% on multiple choice but 40–60% on short answer for the SAME material. Why?
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Multiple choice can be answered from vague familiarity; short answer requires generating the answer. Same knowledge, different demand.
6 A study session felt smooth, fluent and easy from start to finish. What is the most likely explanation?
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Smooth usually means recognition. Retrieval is effortful — if nothing was hard, little was encoded.