Ingredients for Successful Learning - The Importance of Time

Another part of learning is to give yourself time.  It takes much more than one exposure to information to get it securely into your memory, so your learning needs to be spaced out over time.  There are many easy ways to do this:

·       Review and start to learn the information as soon as possible after the class.

·       Put difficult information on study cards and review almost every day.

·       Once a week or so review all of the information that will be on the next exam.

·       Attend any study sessions available – Supplemental Instruction, walk-in tutoring, professor-led review sessions, etc.

·       Make use of any online help associated with the class such as practice quizzes.

·       Start to study for an exam at least five days prior to the exam.

While learning is not easy, using time to your advantage will increase your efficiency and make it easier to earn higher grades.

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