Study guide
Active recall guide: review from memory, not only from the page
Turn each review block into retrieval, feedback and targeted source checking.
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01
What do you actually do?
After a small reading block, close the source and produce the information from memory: explain it, write it or answer a question before checking.
02
Keep the retrieval unit small
Do not test an entire chapter at once. Break the material into concept-sized chunks, then combine them later into larger questions.
03
Track gaps, not pages
A useful study log records what failed during retrieval.
- Concept not recalled.
- Detail confused.
- Relationship not explained.
- Answer guessed.