Learning is the acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience or being taught.

Retrieval is all about being able to recall specific information as an when required. Having the power of knowledge ready when you need it gives you the confidence and ability to unlock higher order skills such as analysis, evaluation, synthesis and problem solving.

Improved knowledge retention comes from practice. Repeated retrieval of information itself makes this information more retrievable to you.

It’s all about making your brain process and recall any information you’ve looked at; it is not about copying!

Aim to read and process any information you’re given. Then after a short break, cover it up and then complete a task in your practice book to recall that information. Then check to see if you missed anything and add this in after. Each time you are aiming to be able to recall more.