Notes & studying that actually stick

Re-reading the textbook feels like studying but barely works. What works is making your brain PULL the information out, not just look at it.

• ●Quiz yourself instead of re-reading — cover the page and say it out loud, or make flash cards.
• ●Teach it to someone (or to the wall). If you can explain it simply, you know it. If you can’t, you don’t — yet.
• ●Write notes in YOUR words, not the book’s. Copying is napping with your eyes open.
• ●Space it out — 20 minutes tonight and 20 tomorrow beats 40 minutes once. Your brain locks in what it sees twice.