The act of trying to pull learning from your mind. This is one of the keys to [[Learning]] when the retrieval is connect to [[Coaching]] and actually happens best when their is a valid test [[Assessment of Learning]] that one is not fully able to be successful at. There is a factor of [[spaced repetition]] whereby the person doing retrieval remembers the best if the spacing is the longest. For example a 2 day retrieval results in 2 weeks of recall, a 2 month retrieval results in 6 months of recall.