Active Learners practice continual review. When it's time to study for a test, they gather all their materials and books and review everything, from start to finish in the order they completed the assignments.
Passive learners work linearly.
Active learners see learning as a progressive and recursive practice. Active learners practice continual review by considering before they start assignments how the new material might relate to things already learned, asking after they complete assignments how the material does relate to assignments already completed, and spending 30 minutes at least once a week during the term, reviewing the material they've already completed. For the Saturday College student, practicing continual review can prevent test-taking anxiety and the need for midnight cramming. Because the term is so fast for Saturday College students, if you spend a little time each week reviewing old material, then you will become very familiar with that material. Determine your purpose for each assignment, Read critically and relate what you've learned to what you know, Relate what you are learning to what you already know, Use more than one sensory mode to take in information, Think like your professor, Practice continual review, and Put what you learn into the big picture.