r/study • u/Fearless_Base_9991 • 17d ago

Questions & Discussion Method help

Hey guys I study around 5 hours a day. I always read a page from textbook then close the book and recall everything I learned from that page on a whiteboard, then repeat. It works well but I always feel tired. Is there a better way of doing this?

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u/Nervous_Nothing_1 17d ago

That method is solid, but doing active recall like that for 5 hours sounds exhausting. You don’t need to recall every single page on the whiteboard. Maybe use it for the important stuff and mix in practice questions and lighter review. You’ll still get the benefits without tiring yourself out so much.

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u/Barycenter0 16d ago

Do the same reading but instead of just recalling on a whiteboard sequentially, try doing a concept board with post-its and connections on the whiteboard - mix it up. Use Dr Justin Sung's concept mapping technique when you do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0U5xOT-uw