Students actually need to write out the test question opposite the answers that appear in the right hand margin. This provides the transitional step from rehearsal to feedback. It also builds in a mini review that helps them avoid the forgetting curve. Before the quiz, students fold back the answers and test themselves on the test questions. This provides feedback and helps in the process of moving the material to long-term memory.
Students Practice long-term memory retrieval by reviewing questions from previous weeks.
However, students learning to learn are not often exposed to this model in the context of classroom learning. Using the research in the area of memory and applying it to studying and learning in such a way as students begin to see the relevance of theory to application will help both the instructors and the students understand the process and benefits of learning to learn. By learning about the whole how to study cycle and communicating this to students, both you and your students will have a common ground to move the learning forward. Instead of each person seeing only one piece of the puzzle, you and the students will begin to see how all the pieces are parts of the whole and how all have to work together for the common goal of learning. Students will begin to see how the lecture, the notes and the readings all combine in the learning process.