learning

You remember facts better if you explain them yourself.

The generation effect demonstrates that information is better retained when you produce it from your own mind.

A 1978 study found that participants recalled words better if they generated them based on a rule rather than simply reading them on a list.

Passive consumption is the enemy of actual retention.

Where this comes from

Study: Slamecka and Graf, 1978, Journal of Experimental Psychology
What the check found: The core claim is accurate and widely accepted in cognitive psychology. The citation is correct, though the journal title in 1978 was specifically 'Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory'.
Confidence: Solid, with limits

One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.