Method

Dual coding — a protocol you can run this week. A working protocol for word-picture pairs is capture, schedule, retrieve, repair, mix, audit.

Scores here are relative ranks inside this atlas, not lab grades or official cut scores.

Steps

1. Capture

   Capture two channels from the public outline as one prompt, answer hidden.

   If you need a comma, split.

2. Schedule

   Schedule a daily due time for two channels and a cap on new items.

   Cap new before you cap reviews.

3. Retrieve

   Retrieve two channels with the page closed. A peek is a fail.

   Recognition is not recall.

4. Repair

   Repair two channels that failed twice the same week.

   Two facts glued together is the usual leech.

5. Mix

   Mix two channels from different chapters in one session.

   Do not re-sort into textbook order.

6. Audit

   Audit two channels against the public outline once a week.

   If the outline moved, the deck must move.

Protocol

• Daily queue — Clear due word-picture pairs before adding anything from public outline. Leftovers are scheduling debt.
• New-item cap — Cap new word-picture pairs so the queue cannot explode the night before a sitting.
• Repair clinic — Rewrite word-picture pairs that failed twice instead of grinding it infinitely.
• Pre-event freeze — Freeze new word-picture pairs 10–14 days before the sitting so only mature retrieval remains.

Variants

• Software queue — A digital list of due word-picture pairs. Useful when volume exceeds a shoebox.
• Paper analog — Index cards or a notebook column for word-picture pairs. Honest if you actually move them.
• Oral walk-through — Speak word-picture pairs aloud. Good when the exam rewards oral retrieval.
• Calendar-only — Write review dates for word-picture pairs in a diary without ease grades.

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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