Give the two words a connection
A pair links a cue to a second word. If you learn tree with boat, the cue tree later asks you to retrieve boat. Both words matter because the question is about their connection.
Try a brief image that includes both words, such as a small boat hanging from a tree branch. Choose an image that is easy for you to picture; it does not need to be realistic.
The practice shows each pair for three seconds. You study the set twice, with typed recall after each pass. Levels increase the set from three to ten pairs.
Retrieve the word when only the cue remains
Now only tree is shown. Bring back the image, then type boat. The practice keeps your first answer for each cue. If you cannot retrieve a word, choose the option to skip it.
After the second recall pass, complete a sixty-second nonverbal activity before recalling the pairs again. The recorded delay starts at the end of final study, so it includes the second recall pass as well as the activity.
Answers stay hidden until delayed recall is complete. A later word-recognition check asks which word you studied among unfamiliar alternatives. That checks word familiarity separately from recalling the cue–word connections.
Use a new cue to recall its partner
Learn another pair: lamp with fish. You might picture a fish circling a lamp. When the cue lamp appears, which word should you give?
This lesson offers two choices so you can check the method. In the practice, you type the paired word. Capital letters and surrounding spaces do not change an otherwise matching answer.
Read immediate recall, delayed recall, and word recognition as separate results. An interrupted attempt needs a restart and has no saved result. Completed results keep the actual delay rather than the planned activity length.
Try it
You learned lamp with fish. What should you recall for the cue lamp?
- fish
- lamp
Show the answer
fish
Correct. Fish is the word paired with lamp. The cue brings back the connection you formed while studying both words.
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