Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to instructors, memorizing assignments, and passing back answers on a test. Learning must move beyond knowledge and comprehension of a subject. Learning must move to application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation as well. Students must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.
Good practice gives prompt feedback.
Knowing what you know and don't know focuses learning. Students need appropriate feedback on performance to benefit from courses. First, students need help assessing existing knowledge and competence. In classes, students need frequent opportunities to perform and suggestions for improvement. At various points during their college experience, and at the end, students need chances to reflect on what they have learned, what they still need to know, and how to assess themselves.