Power Combos
📋 What it is
Mixing the best strategies together — like retrieval + spacing — so they multiply instead of just add.
🗣️ Coach says
One strategy is good; two that fit are a power combo. Quiz yourself (retrieval) AND spread it over days (spacing) and you learn way more than either alone.
🧠 Memory hook
Peanut butter + jelly. Each is fine; together they’re unbeatable. Retrieval + spacing is the study PB&J.
😂 Giggle
Why did the student bring a ladder to study group?
Because they wanted to reach a higher level of understanding!
😲 Whoa!
In big studies, students who combined retrieval and spacing beat students who used either one by itself — the combo did more than the sum.
✅ Quick check: Which is the stronger study plan: re-reading 5 times tonight, or quizzing yourself a little each day for 5 days?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Quizzing a little each day — that’s retrieval + spacing combined; re-reading is the weakest move.
Two evidence-based strategies stacked beat one weak strategy repeated.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Pick TWO strategies from this kit that could work together on your next topic. Write the combo: "___ + ___".