On page 26, the authors provide a real-world example of "retrieval practice":
Q: What did you have for breakfast yesterday?
Q: In what year did King Tut become pharaoh?
Q: Do you remember how old he was?
Most importantly, the justification the authors provide for this questioning technique is as follows:
"What's with these harebrained questions? Well, they help us talk about something that's tough to pinpoint - learning. In this example, you may have learned something at some point, but forgot it (e.g. King Tut's age), or you simply think back and bring something to mind even if you didn't intentionally learn it (e.g. your breakfast yesterday). You may have a fond memory for something you haven't thought about in a while (e.g. your favorite vacation) or you can probably remember something you recently learning with a little bit of effort (e.g. one thing from this book)........Learning is complex and messy. It's not something we can touch, and it's really hard to define. You might even say that the learning process looks more like a blob than a flowchart.
Q: What did you have for breakfast yesterday?
Q: In what year did King Tut become pharaoh?
Q: Do you remember how old he was?
Most importantly, the justification the authors provide for this questioning technique is as follows:
"What's with these harebrained questions? Well, they help us talk about something that's tough to pinpoint - learning. In this example, you may have learned something at some point, but forgot it (e.g. King Tut's age), or you simply think back and bring something to mind even if you didn't intentionally learn it (e.g. your breakfast yesterday). You may have a fond memory for something you haven't thought about in a while (e.g. your favorite vacation) or you can probably remember something you recently learning with a little bit of effort (e.g. one thing from this book)........Learning is complex and messy. It's not something we can touch, and it's really hard to define. You might even say that the learning process looks more like a blob than a flowchart.