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R: Recall, Review, and Recovery

R: Recall, Review, and Recovery

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R: Recall, Review, and Recovery

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- Mandatory or compliance training often gets repeated, yet people still make mistakes or have accidents at work. It's partly because sometimes the training is dull, nothing like you'll design from now on. But also because learning is hard work, and people don't get the opportunity to recall, review, and recover to strengthen their memories. Why is recall superior to recognition? I live in Spain and for two years I've been going to Pilates and hearing the Spanish word for hips. But I had to check it before I could tell you it's caderas. I still struggle to recall it because I don't say the word much myself. Recognition tags memory with a nice comfortable sense of familiarity but it's no good in a showdown. We need to get people to recall, not just recognize. Here are two common types of questions you might design into your training. Multiple choice and open question. Which do you think is the most effective for learning?…

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