Capture word-picture pairs
Turn one public outline slice into word-picture pairs. Do not open a second chapter.
Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
Evidence86
Speed to gain58
Effort cost60
Exam fit80
Retention84
Beginner-friendly75
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Quick answers
Dual coding: What is this, in one honest paragraph?
A practice of retrieving or structuring two channels on purpose, then checking, then repairing the hole.
Dual coding: What does the evidence actually say?
Paivio and Mayer are among the names this atlas cites for two channels; treat their papers as public science, not as a brand.
Dual coding: How does it help a high-stakes exam?
It helps when the sitting asks you to produce two channels under time, not when the sitting only asks you to recognise a face.
Dual coding: How fast is a first honest gain?
A first honest lift is often a few honest sessions, not a motivational weekend.
Dual coding: What do beginners usually break?
Beginners skip the check step and call fluency mastery.
Dual coding: Which tools are enough to start?
A notebook, a timer, and a closed page are enough to start two channels.
Dual coding — a weekly ladder of sessions. Treat the week as a budget for word-picture pairs, not a festival of new items.
Scores here are relative ranks inside this atlas, not lab grades or official cut scores.
Week
Due before new
Finish due word-picture pairs, then add a capped set from the same slice.
Repair word-picture pairs
Rewrite every word-picture pairs that failed twice. It was usually two facts glued together.
Mix word-picture pairs
Let due word-picture pairs from different chapters sit in one queue. Do not re-sort into textbook order.
Audit public outline
Check ten mature word-picture pairs against public outline. Retire anything the outline dropped.
Light new
Halve new word-picture pairs and spend the rest on due reviews plus one closed-book dump.
Sessions
- Due-only sprint — Twenty minutes of due word-picture pairs, no browsing.
- New-item clinic — Thirty minutes to turn one public outline subsection into word-picture pairs.
- Repair surgery — Fifteen minutes: split, add a cue, or move the item off infinite grind.
- Closed-book dump — From memory, list this week's high-yield names, then only flip word-picture pairs for misses.
- Freeze rehearsal — Run a day with zero new word-picture pairs to feel the true review load before an exam week.
Ladder
- Novice — You can produce a first set of word-picture pairs from one public outline page in a single sitting.
- Stable — Due word-picture pairs stays inside a weekday time box and repairs happen within a week.
- Fluent — You can explain why today's word-picture pairs is due using the method, not "the app said so".
- Exam-ready — New word-picture pairs is frozen before a sitting and the remaining work is almost all retrieval.
Educational atlas — not an official syllabus, medical advice, or leaked item bank. Dual coding: Keep the public outline in view and treat this page as method, not a leaked key.
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