Say how the ideas connect
Read this short example: At a campsite, a roof collects rain in a tank. The tank stores the water. Opening a tap on the tank lets water flow into a watering can.
A useful map names the ideas and labels their connections. Roof, tank and can are the ideas. Collects in and releases to explain what one does in relation to another.
Hide the explanation and rebuild it
With the passage and map hidden, say the explanation in your own words: rain from the roof goes into the tank; stored water can leave through the tap and fill the can.
Check both the missing ideas and the links between them. Naming a tank alone does not explain what it stores or where the water goes. After checking, retry a missed connection.
Return to the same material after a delay and recall before looking again. Keep an answer remembered unaided separate from one recovered with a clue or a revealed answer.
Use a connection to explain a change
The tank has water, but its tap stays closed. Think through the link between the tank and the watering can. Which answer follows from the explanation?
On a later review, try both kinds of recall: name the ideas, then explain how they work together. Check your explanation against the original passage afterward.
Try it
The tank has water but the tap is closed. What happens to the empty can?
- It stays empty because water cannot pass through the closed tap.
- It fills because having water in the tank is enough.
Show the answer
It stays empty because water cannot pass through the closed tap.
Yes. The explanation says water reaches the can through the open tap. A filled tank and a closed tap leave that connection blocked.
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