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retrieval from long-term memory  The final and most important
step in learning—and the key measure of success of teaching or
training—is the retrieval of what has been learned from long-
term memory when it's needed. Whatever medium is used, training
too often produces learners who can't retrieve the knowledge
they've been taught—the knowledge they need—when they need it.
This is called transfer failure. What causes transfer failure,
and which instructional methods and architectures can minimize
it? The way people learn things governs the way they remember
them. Imagine reciting the months of the year. Easy, right? Now
imagine reciting them in alphabetical order. That's a much more
difficult task, because we ordinarily learn the months in
chronological, not alphabetical, order: so that's how they're
stored in our long-term memory.  According to a researcher named
E. Tulving, information can be re