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Want to Remember 80% More of What You Study?
Best Active Recall Strategies
Have you ever gone into a test feeling like you knew the material, but then slowly realized that the information was just not in your head?
You start to panic and . . . it’s all downhill from there.
This is a problem of retention and every student faces it at some point.
Active recall is a method of studying that forces your brain to remember and stimulates your memory throughout the learning process. It moves information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.
Active recall is a process of repeatedly testing your memory to promote correct recall from memory.
What Active Recall is NOT:
- Listening to lectures.
- Taking notes or copying notes.
- Doing problem sets from a textbook.
- Outlining/organizing notes or lecture slides.
These are PASSIVE methods of learning and they are guaranteed to fail you when test time comes around.
These are good initial steps in the learning process, but don’t waste too much time on these because the real learning comes through active recall.
Recognizing information is NOT the same…
