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. 2023 Winter;22(4):ar36. doi: 10.1187/cbe.22-11-0225

TABLE 1.

Definitions of active- and passive-study behaviors

Definition of active- and passive-study behaviors
Active Strategies that promote deeper understanding of content, the retention of information in long-term memory, and the successful retrieval of that information later
Passive Strategies that emphasize verbal fluency and are used for the purpose of rote memorization