🎒Pre-Class Recall Primer

for the ones who walk into class cold

Goal

Recall last session's material before class so today's lecture lands on a primed mind, not a blank one.

Source principle

Retrieval practice: pulling prior material out of memory before a new lesson reactivates the schema the new material will hook into. : from Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger & McDaniel.

The plan

1. 📋
   6:30-6:35 AM

   List today's classes or lectures. Topic names only.
2. ✍️
   6:35-6:45 AM

   For each topic, brain-dump what you remember from last session. No notes.
3. 🔍
   6:45-6:50 AM

   Open last session's notes. Mark hits and misses per topic.
4. 🔁
   6:50-7:00 AM

   Re-recall ONLY the misses. Read once, close, dump again.
5. ❓
   7:00-7:05 AM

   Write 2 questions you want today's class to answer. Hunting list.
6. 🎯
   7:05-7:15 AM

   Pack the questions. Today you hunt, not absorb.
7. ☕
   7:15-7:25 AM

   Light review of the miss pile. No new material.
8. 🚶
   7:25-7:30 AM

   Walk in primed. Recall the questions, then listen.

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