Read I’ve Been Studying All Wrong: Highlighting and Rereading if you haven’t already.
Retrieval practice, also known as practice testing, has consistently shown to be one of the most effective and efficient learning strategies.
Read I’ve Been Studying All Wrong: Highlighting and Rereading and How I Should Have Studied. Part 1: Retrieval Practice if you haven’t already.
Ask a group of students which study strategy is more effective:
Most students would select option 1, and they would be correct. (Although ask them which they do in practice, and they will probably admit option 2.)