Do Cues Work?

The ultimate goal is obviously not to have any retrieval cues and that they can answer a free recall question. But there's also something called the cue overload principle, which if we provide too many cues, then it just diminishes the effectiveness of ratrival practice. So i use a variety where i will use images, but i will also, perhaps in a different task, use key words as well because i want my students to be able to use that terminology. Students with english as an additional language er, the cues are so important. And actually, for students we send the cues are really important. It's, i think, that frustration that e a l students feel with the treaval practice