Close the book first.
Then use AI only on the costly gaps.
The testing effect is among the best-replicated findings in learning science (Roediger & Karpicke). Free recall is high-effort retrieval; gap-finding after recall is formative assessment of what retrieval missed.
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Free recall
Write everything about [TOPIC] with nothing open. Then ask AI to rank gaps by cost, not trivia. (B1)
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Gap-only quiz
Ask questions ONLY about what you failed to recall. (B1 variant)
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Cued retrieval
Retrieve from minimal cues before any re-reading. (B2)
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Before reading
Answer questions on a text before you open it. (B23)
Prompt · Free recall + gap ranking
I'm going to write down everything I remember about [TOPIC] without looking at anything. Then: tell me what's missing, what's wrong, and, most importantly, which gaps actually matter versus which are trivia. Rank the gaps by how much they'd cost me.