Current Level: 4/10
Final Level: 7/10
Competency: CC (low)
Final Level Metrics
- Can set a clear Aim before starting a session (no vague starting points)
- Shoot phase produces genuine retrieval effort — not a review or re-reading
- Skin phase identifies actual gaps, not just things that went wrong
- Can distinguish between a BHS session and a reading or review session
What This Skill Is
BHS (Bear Hunter System) is an aimed retrieval practice structured in three phases:
- Aim — define the specific target before starting. What, exactly, are you trying to retrieve?
- Shoot — attempt retrieval without looking. Generate, not recognise.
- Skin — debrief what worked, what failed, and what the gap actually was.
At CC (low), the structure is understood but execution is inconsistent. The Aim is sometimes vague. The Shoot collapses into re-reading when difficulty rises. The Skin is often skipped or becomes a list of “things I got wrong” rather than a diagnostic of the actual gap.
How to Develop This Skill
- Write the Aim down before starting — if it can’t be stated precisely, it’s not ready
- During Shoot, close all references before beginning; open them only for the Skin phase
- Make the Skin a question: what does this gap tell me about my current schema?
- Use one BHS session per week as the target — quality over frequency at this stage
- Log each session in a Kolbs entry to maintain the chain
Notes
Related Goal
Learning Systems
Related Kolbs Entries
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