Three principles. Decades of research. One outcome.
Three principles. Decades of research. One outcome.
You deliver excellent training. But three weeks later, most of it is forgotten. Not because the training was bad, but because that's how the human brain works.
The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve shows that without repetition, up to 80% of knowledge fades within a month. Active recall at the right moment breaks that curve and keeps knowledge ready.
Timed repetition
Knowledge repeated at the right interval stays. Not because of willpower, because of how memory works. We apply that timing automatically, for every participant.
Active recall
Retrieving knowledge from memory strengthens it far more than re-reading. Every activation asks participants to think, not just recognise.
Social reinforcement
Seeing how peers respond, and being seen, increases engagement and accountability. Learning becomes a shared experience, not a solo task.
From knowledge gap to lasting mastery in six steps
These six steps aren't isolated tricks. They build on each other, and each step has its own scientific basis.
Making knowledge gaps visible
Actively trying to recall something reveals exactly what you don't yet know. That makes a gap learnable instead of invisible (Roediger & Karpicke, 2006).
Stiqqo confronts participants weekly with a short question aimed directly at the training content. Those who don't have the answer ready experience the gap, and retain the topic better afterwards.
Connecting knowledge
New information attaches to existing knowledge in long-term memory. The denser that network, the stronger the understanding (Sweller, 1988).
Every question in Stiqqo builds on what was covered before, not in isolation, but as an extension of what a participant already knows.
Correcting mistakes
Wrong assumptions surface before they can settle in as persistent misconceptions (Roediger & Karpicke, 2006).
After every question, the participant gets the correct explanation immediately. A wrong answer isn't penalised, it's used to bring that topic back again later.
Strengthening connections
Repeated retrieval with intervals in between works better than practising everything at once. Each reactivation makes knowledge more solid (Cepeda et al., 2006).
Stiqqo's activation schedule is based on spaced repetition: topics return right when they're about to fade, not at random.
Performing under pressure
Well-practised knowledge stays accessible even under time pressure or in a difficult situation. That's what repetition is ultimately for (Roediger & Karpicke, 2006).
Where possible, questions are tied to realistic work situations, so knowledge isn't just recognised, but applied the way it's needed in practice.
Learning new things faster
A dense knowledge network gives new information more points to attach to. That speeds up learning and deepens understanding, cumulatively over time (Sweller, 1988).
Participants who complete a programme build a stronger knowledge foundation. New training lands more easily as a result, because there's already something to connect it to.
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