Memory and understanding are connected. Having key information memorized so you can readily call it to mind releases mental power and helps you work more easily at higher conceptual levels. It also allows you to form mental patterns involving the subject you’re learning. To memorize information, test yourself through active recall (retrieval

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A good review session including retrieval practice can be extraordinarily helpful in building those all-important sets of links. This review can actually be more valuable than the note-taking itself. Another study, for example, found the recall technique without any notes to be more effective for remembering and understanding the material than

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