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Want to Remember More? Don’t just read!

By Jeri Bradford

Being honest about college…. studying often feels like continuous highlighting of textbooks, thousands of lecture slides that all start to look the same, and magically hoping some of the needed information will be understood for the next day’s exam.  The good news is that cognitive psychology has an amazing trick up its sleeve that can help you out and it’s something called the generation effect. By understanding the generation effect, it could make the difference between truly remembering the material long term and just memorizing the material for a test.  At this level of study, you will be expected to learn new material and apply it to new learning so it’s important not just to memorize.

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Why You Should Forget Everything You Learned About Studying

By Henry Schimmel and Brennan McGuire

Deep-rooted high school study habits tend to die hard in college if they are not swiftly corrected. One of the greatest challenges new college students face is abandoning their traditional methods of rereading and memorizing class material when preparing for an exam. While these study techniques may have yielded positive results in the high school classroom, they simply won’t suffice in the rigorous domain of higher education. However, it is never too late to change your study habits. You might be pleasantly surprised by the extent to which changing your study routine can improve your academic performance and overall retention of information. While it can be a daunting and arduous task to modify your existing study paradigm, by utilizing the simple method of retrieval practice, you can significantly improve long-term understanding and performance.

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