We remember things better with meaning. You can relate your new lessons to what you already know, explain them to yourself, and answer “why” questions about them.

You can relate your new lessons to your experience, and apply them to your life.

Letting time pass before you review again will make you pay more attention to it. 

💡Fun fact: A 1-day delay between study sessions boosts long-term memory.

Tests help us remember what we learned in the long run and show us what we still need to master. You can answer mock quizzes about your lesson online.

Categorizing your notes, then checking what you missed, can organize what you need to remember.

Make a story that links your notes.

Distractions lessen the information that you can attend to. We should focus on one task at a time, when listening to teachers or reading textbooks.

Some of us may think that we work well under pressure, but learning everything a day before an exam will keep it only in short-term memory and fade soon after.