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What is the best way to retain what you’re learning?

What are the best ways to study? How do you memorize things efficiently? Best way to prepare for a exam/test/quiz? How can you retain what you’re learning, remember it? #studying #exam #help #scared #learning #remembering #studying-tips #learning

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Jasanpreet Kaur’s Answer

The best way to retain what you are learning is through writing. Though it is a bit time taking but at the end it is the most effective method of memorizing things.

I highly recommend to all the students to create their class-notes either in the class or as soon as they are free.

leisure time is the best time to utilize. Self created notes are easier to memorize and act as a big time saver during exams. Another important thing is to create a schedule of the day and try to stick to it.(you can reward yourself with something which you love, in order to train your mind to follow the schedule as reward will be given.)

Note: When you are preparing for exam always finish off those things on which you don’t have to spent more time then shift to the one which are time taking.

Good Luck!

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Adam’s Answer

There are a couple of ways to study to better grasp the understanding of concepts or overall subject matter in a course . For more technical areas such as sciences and mathematics type classes, the best approach is practicing questions through HW assignments, exercises throughout reading passages (aka word problems, checkpoints, etc.), old exams/quizzes, and/or going through example questions a professor/teacher used in class. For courses that involve a lot of reading and retention a good approach is to highlight or extract key components and definitions when taking notes. Always take notes when going through assigned readings and view the it as your personal "cliff notes" version to look back on as a way to retain or extract vital info that could be tested on.

Here are some suggestions for studying, retaining, memorizing, and preparing:

Effective Studying
- Set study times up throughout the week on your phone calendar to keep you accountable of your time
- Outline an allotted amount of study time on a subject/class (30-40min) then break and come back to another subject/class for the same amount of time. This recurrent approach gets you into a groove when done consistently.
- Prioritize understanding class notes and examples from professors as these are likely to show up on exams

Retaining
- As mentioned above, taking effective notes when reading material to utilize as a summary of context is good way to retain and filter through material.
- Repetition is a standard approach that works well to help retain. With this however, you can create your own test questions out of reading assignments to quiz yourself against. Helps material/concepts stick to the mind better when going through multiple choice or written portions of exams.

Memorization
- Again, repetition simultaneously aids with memorizing material.
- Creating flash cards is the best way to effectively memorize concepts or meanings of material. It is a bit time consuming to create them but definitely worth it in the end. Going through flash cards helps your brain correlate similarities with words, shapes, reactions, connotations, etc., to help in association and identifying during assessments.

Preparing
- The best way to prepare for any exam is applying everything mentioned above through effective memorization, retainment, and studying.
- Link up with study groups or friends in the same classes to bounce ideas off of or quiz each other over. When you're clear on a particular concept that someone else is struggling with, tutoring them while studying also helps you better understand more firmly.
- Time management is key to being properly prepared to pass a course with a desired high grade. For every hour spent in a class, the rule of thumb is to study for 2-3 hours on that material. For example if you have a biology class for 1 hour 3 times a week, you should study 6-9 hours a week over that material.
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Simeon’s Answer

It's honestly much better to study in small ten to fifteen minutes sessions multiple times per week as opposed to cram studying. It's way less stressful and the information sticks better. You know how TV advertisements are trying to repeat the same message to you in small chunks multiple times per week? It's the same thing. Our brains retain information way better when its repeated often in small chunks. When you have multiple hour study sessions, the odds are that you're going to be zoning off once the first thirty to forty minutes have passed.
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Chetan’s Answer

  • Teach others
  • help others with their doubts
  • create blogs, write down what you have learnt
  • Work on the projects relating to that learning. For example, you learnt about web designing, work on web design projecs
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Trisha’s Answer

For me I find that taking notes and then reviewing them afterwards to add in any additional details to help better understand what you are learning about. I also find it useful if learning a new process to take detailed notes and then work through the process following the notes. This will help you fully capture the process.
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