Tip 84. Consider providing prompts and cues during retrieval opportunities

You can read about the encoding specificity principle here

A good paper to read more on the subject of cues is Diminishing-cues retrieval practice: A memory-enhancing technique that works when regular testing doesn’t, available here

You can find examples of backwards-faded maths examples here

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