Generate, generate, generate! Retrieve, retrieve, retrieve! (cont.)
Instructors can give their students opportunities to generate answers during lecture by asking questions and giving students TIME to answer them.
If the instructor asks a question, come up with an answer, even if it’s wrong. You are much better off trying to answer the question yourself (generating) than taking a mental break while other students think up the answer.
By the way, if you hope to have any chance of filling in gaps (generating) in your lecture notes, it’s very important that soon after lecture, you review your notes. You might remember something that the instructor said that you failed to include in your notes.