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Passive learning creates knowledge. Active practice creates skill.
“I understand why this is important to you, but the audience doesn’t care about you. You have to make me care.”
When we learn new things, therefore, we should always strive to tie them directly to the contexts we want to use them in.
Whether you are ready or not, retrieval practice works better. Especially if you combine retrieval with the ability to look up the answers, retrieval practice is a much better form of studying than the ones most students apply.
By throwing yourself into a high-intensity, rapid feedback situation, you may initially feel uncomfortable, but you’ll get over that initial aversion much faster than if you wait months or years before getting feedback.
