The concept of Recognition vs Recollection is important while studying, because it is a certain proof of whether you understood anything or not. Today, I will talk about the difference between the two, and give you a valuable study tip!
Recognition and Recollection come into play while a person is trying to read the notes or the textbook and then highlight it for study purposes. Highlighting key words and definitions is great, but...If you, let's say, read the textbook, and while you read, you highlight the important terms, you then go back and you recognise them. That's NOT enough! We often confuse between recognizing the terms, and actually recollecting (understanding and remembering) information. The key to differentiate between the two, is to check yourself on the understanding of the subject.
How do you do that? You look at the highlighted word, and you reproduce its meaning or the concept that goes with it IN YOUR OWN WORDS without looking at the provided definition.
This technique makes us evaluate our knowledge and improve it further, since now we know, that plain recognition is not valuable because humans need repetition and reinforcement to learn.
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