Self-testing as a tool for active learning

Active recall and self-testing explained

The results of learning studies are quite unanimous that active learning beats passive methods hands down.

Initially, absorbing information simply by reading or listening may seem like an efficient or at least effortless way to learn. On the other hand, as soon as we have to recall information and structure it into an essay or test answer, for example, we don’t remember half of what we have learned. Active and regular recall of information during the