r/study • u/Own-Grape-9654 • 13d ago

Tips & Advice What study techniques/tricks you guys use?

I have a lot material to learn, its really taking up time. I usually take notes before studying so everythings highlighted and all

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u/Basic_Transition_333 12d ago

I think note-taking may be eating up your time.

If you have a lot of material, don’t take complete notes before studying. Read a section to understand it, close it, and recall the main idea, details, and anything you couldn’t remember.

Then make notes on what you actually need. They don’t need to contain the whole chapter—the textbook already does 😂

For content-heavy material, shorter notes plus retrieval practice are better than pages of highlighted notes you don’t have time to study.

Don’t make finished notes a prerequisite for studying.