Make retrieval practice more engaging with this set of 20 Psychology Retrieval Cards, designed to get students thinking, recalling and making connections from the moment they enter the classroom.

These cards provide 20 different, creative ways for students to revisit previous learning. Activities include challenges such as Psychology Roulette, Knowledge Dominoes, Psychology Taboo, A–Z, Pictionary, Emoji Translator, Knowledge Tennis and more.

Each activity is designed to be quick, purposeful and fun, while still encouraging meaningful retrieval. Students are challenged not only to remember key terms and facts, but also to explain, apply, connect, evaluate and represent their knowledge in different ways.

Why teachers will love them

• 20 different retrieval activities – plenty of variety to prevent starters becoming repetitive.
• Low/no teacher preparation – choose a card, display it or hand it out and students can get started.
• Ideal for 5-minute retrieval at the beginning of a lesson, but many tasks can easily be extended.
• Encourages independent recall before returning to notes.
• Mixes serious retrieval practice with creative and enjoyable challenges.
• Activities cover a range of skills including recall, explanation, application, evaluation and making connections.

Great for adding variety without having to create a new starter every lesson.
Attractive, student-friendly designs with clear instructions, examples and challenge prompts.

Particularly useful for A-Level Psychology, but many of the activities can be adapted for other Psychology courses and subjects.

Your download includes all 20 cards in two formats:

A4 – 20 full-page cards
Perfect for displaying on the board, printing as classroom resources or placing around the room.

A5 – 20 cards, arranged two per A4 page
Ideal for printing, laminating and keeping as a reusable set. Students can simply pick up a card and begin their retrieval challenge, making them particularly useful for independent starters.

They could also be used for revision sessions, plenaries, intervention, cover lessons, paired activities, revision stations or as a bank of emergency starters.

Print them, laminate them and use them again and again.

A simple way to make retrieval practice feel different every lesson while keeping the focus firmly on previous learning.

Please be aware that this download is formatted as images so they are not editable.