Now That You Have The Notes, What Do You Do With Them?
Reviewing the material in your notes outside of class is essential to storing the information in long-term memory. Rehearsing notes is not simply a strategy to cram for an exam. It should be an ongoing effort starting as soon as you leave class and continuing until the end of the course. The key to remembering new material is to actively interact with it and manipulate it. Each time you review the material you will activate your long-term memory by first drawing out what you already know and then connecting the new information to your knowledge. The new information will be added to the structure of your knowledge that you then use to understand new information.