Do you know how to study?

When I was in college, I never used to memorize. What worked well for me was to try and understand the topic as much as I could then I would rephrase it with my own words. First time for me to hear the word mnemonic.

Yup, I always use mnemonics when there are a lot of items to memorize. It is especially good if it is for enumerations.

I think it really depends on what you are having to learn. The best way I found to learn anything is to use what you have learned regularly. Though for most of what we learn in school is rarely used and soon forgotten. Though re-learning is often just a matter of refreshing your memory. I found mnemonic devices to be helpful to remember lists, however you still have to memorize the device. In things like the names of the planets I've found it easier to just write them out several times without copying them as this is a good way to memorize anything. Of course at the college level we have to learn a lot more in a smaller time frame and ability to apply concepts becomes more important. The easiest way is honestly to cram literally up to the point you have to take your test then go through the test as quickly as possible. This utilizes your short term memory, which is highly reliable as long as you are sober. Another technique I found helpful is to study the material more than once. A few times between the initial learning and testing go over you're notes and make sure you're familiar with what you learned, if you aren't sure about something look at it again. This can be done quickly with practice. Finally studies have shown that studying in an environment like the one in which you'll be tested is very helpful. So, try and make your study environment like you're testing environment. I found this very helpful from personal experience. That means studying with no music, no computer, etc. There are a lot of other tricks out there, some better than others. But the bottom line is: if you want to learn something, the more you study it, the better you will know it. Just make sure you study in a manner that helps you learn it, which you may have to change to suit the material.

I had use mnemonic techniques all through my college years and it really for my health related course. Although I think it is best to understand more of the material rather than just memorizing. Learning the fundamentals of a particular lesson is more important than just being able to list out all of it. Sometimes students have the wrong idea that if you memorize something you already understood the lesson. I assure you that students who are able to define a topic using their own words with the right thought is way better than the student who has memorize the entire book. I guess learning through understanding would be more difficult because it entails you to read a material about the topic that you are really comfortable with. However if your lessons really need to memorize certain facts It would be best to look for mnemonic systems such as the peg and loci system. I was able to memorize a lot with these two systems and it really made my life easier in my studies.

Always try to figure out main point when you read. We don't have to remember line by line what we read which makes difficult to remember. Instead try to remember those points are very important and if possible try to mind map whatever you read. Happy reading!

it depends o what i have to learn.if i like it i just have to read it twice and i remember everything,because i memorise by understanding logically everything that i read.if i don't like what i have to learn i memorize mechanically.i am lucky because i don't have to read more than 2 times to memorise but i got to the conclusion that when i memorize mechanically i do very good at the exam and 1 or 2 days after i forget more than 70 %.when i memorise using my logic i remember everything even after years. the conclusion is that i always try to use locic and to remember the ideeas.i don't agree with learning word by word.unfortunately this is what some teachers ask.