{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/match-practice-to-the-response-the-assessment-demands",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0794",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Match practice to the response the assessment demands",
  "summary": "Recognition and production are different jobs.",
  "kind": "principle",
  "body": "Practice the response mode you will need: free recall for recall, worked cases for application, timed explanation for oral assessment, comparison prompts for discrimination, and follow-up questions for reasoning under challenge. Keep some variation so practice is not identical memorization.",
  "limits": [
    "Perfectly copying the test format can overfit practice. Include variation and novel cases so the skill can transfer."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-assessment-preparation-design"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-A71CDF587CDCE8C5",
    "RS-FA72BC6E5A17363A"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Practice testing and distributed practice are among the better-supported general learning techniques reviewed across varied materials and learners.",
      "source_id": "RS-A71CDF587CDCE8C5",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The review is broad; the size and persistence of benefits depend on task, material and implementation.",
      "locator": "Abstract and technique evaluations"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis found that retrieval practice can transfer beyond identical questions, but transfer varies substantially with response congruency, elaboration and the target task.",
      "source_id": "RS-FA72BC6E5A17363A",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Retrieval practice should not be treated as automatic proof of broad competence.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "You can recognize the right answer in notes or quizzes but the real assessment requires explanation, application, comparison or live reasoning."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Perfectly copying the test format can overfit practice. Include variation and novel cases so the skill can transfer."
  ],
  "example": "Reading a leadership framework is preparation; answering 'What did you do when stakeholders disagreed, and why?' without notes is closer practice.",
  "check": "The practice output uses the same broad cognitive operation as the target assessment.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-A71CDF587CDCE8C5",
      "title": "Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology",
      "url": "https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1529100612453266"
    },
    {
      "id": "RS-FA72BC6E5A17363A",
      "title": "Transfer of test-enhanced learning: Meta-analytic review and synthesis",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29733621/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0794",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0795",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/make-every-mock-assessment-rewrite-the-plan"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-87ADE7B5396D6574",
      "title": "Prepare for the assessment you will actually face",
      "url": "/collections/prepare-for-the-assessment-you-will-actually-face"
    }
  ]
}