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'''<span id="passive_review">passive review</span>''' - the process in which pieces of information are read passively without asking questions (as opposed to [[Glossary:Active_recall|'''active recall''']]). For example, in passive review one might read that ''50% of marriages in the US divorce''. In active recall, you would have to retrieve this information from your memory: ''What proportion of marriages in the US divorce?'' '''Active recall''' is far more effective in learning than '''passive review'''. In '''[[incremental reading]]''', you always begin with a '''passive review''' of the learning material, and then gradually (''incrementally'') convert its portions to questions and answers suitable for '''active recall''' | '''<span id="passive_review">passive review</span>''' - the process in which pieces of information are read passively without asking questions (as opposed to [[Glossary:Active_recall|'''active recall''']]). For example, in passive review one might read that ''50% of marriages in the US divorce''. In '''active recall''', you would have to retrieve this information from your memory: ''What proportion of marriages in the US divorce?'' '''Active recall''' is far more effective in learning than '''passive review'''. In '''[[incremental reading]]''', you always begin with a '''passive review''' of the learning material, and then gradually (''incrementally'') convert its portions to questions and answers suitable for '''active recall''' | ||
Revision as of 04:42, 9 April 2011
passive review - the process in which pieces of information are read passively without asking questions (as opposed to active recall). For example, in passive review one might read that 50% of marriages in the US divorce. In active recall, you would have to retrieve this information from your memory: What proportion of marriages in the US divorce? Active recall is far more effective in learning than passive review. In incremental reading, you always begin with a passive review of the learning material, and then gradually (incrementally) convert its portions to questions and answers suitable for active recall