What kind of test does each kind of study prepare one for?
Might their be depths of learning: memorization, relationships within the text, relationships with outside information, implications of relationships, and manners for discovery of new knowledge? Testing appears to make memories more accessible. Might more accessible memories be more often utilized in more sophisticated tasks? The essence is that pressure and stress can improve performance and should be used.
If you want kids to run faster, time them.
If you want them to learn their times tables, test them.
Most of my fellow Ph.D. students punched out papers during the final days (not me). But I do believe that the best way to study is make test questions and answer them without notes, then fix them with notes.
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