Second Review Should Be Before The Next Class Meeting. Actively review your notes to solidify your knowledge and help organize the course material. This will help you remember more of the material and help you prepare for the next lecture. Actively rehearsing your notes involves more than simply looking them over. Useful strategies include self-questioning, summarizing, semantic mapping, drawing inferences, and connecting new information to something you already know. Working with another student will make reviewing easier because you can force each other to clearly explain the main ideas of the previous lecture. You will remember more if you test yourself at the end of every rehearsal session.
Continue To Review The Material On A Regular Basis Between The Class And The Exams. Set a schedule for reviewing your notes. During these periodic rehearsals concentrate on connecting new material to what you already know and to the course structure. Use study strategies that require you to actively engage the material. Write summaries of the main ideas, create content maps, and anticipate exam questions. Done effectively, cooperative studying is more productive than working alone. This can be through formal study groups or just by getting together with a classmate.