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REMEMBERING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED 91 WRITE ON! Whatever your learning style, you’re more likely to remember what you are learning if you write about it. (You may want to review Chapter 7, “Knowing What You Know.”) REWRITE CLASS NOTES This can make the notes easier to read—and easier for you to remember them. This also gives you a chance to reorganize the notes so what’s important to you will stand out. You might want to use colored markers for certain sections. B EAC OPY CAT If you are learning something complex from a pamphlet or book, choose a few paragraphs you feel are most important. Copy them exactly. Then read them out loud. Copy them a second time, and then read them aloud again. Copy a third time, read aloud a third time. If you are still feeling challenged by the material, continue copying and reading aloud. This really works! WRITE AS YOU STUDY Each time you review your reading log, class notes, or a text, you probably see something a little differently than the time before. This is because you’re getting more involved with what you’re learning. Write down your more experienced viewpoints. Write how you feel about the material now, and see the progress you make with each study session. WRITE AFTER STUDYING Without looking at your notes or text, write what you got out of studying this time. Also write how you studied, how you used your learning styles. You’ll find the more aware you are of what you do, the more likely you’ll be successful at getting material to stick in your memory. USING YOUR LEARNING STYLES AS YOU STUDY IF YOU LEARN BEST BY HEARING Read aloud (softly, if you’re around others). Also, try using a tape recorder by recording your own notes from class and from your reading logs. Play the tape back whenever you can, when it won’t disturb others. In a lecture HOW TO STUDY 92 class, many instructors will permit you to bring a recorder. If you learn best by hearing, you might find you get more out of not taking notes dur- ing a lecture, but by focusing instead on what you’re hearing. Let your tape recorder record the lecture so you can review it , or parts of it, later. IF YOU LEARN BEST BY S EEING Wr ite. Take notes in all classes, even when it’s a class discussion. If some- thing unusual happens—someone had a sneezing fit and the instructor had to stop talking—write that down, too. The unusual often helps trigger details later. If your company or school has a film library, you might want to see if what you’ve read about is available on film. For instance, films have been made about how to build things, conduct science experiments, and manage people. Many stories and novels have also been made into films. I F YOU LEARN BEST BY DOING Role play. Act out what you’ve learned. Nobody’s watching—your character can even be a machine, if that’s what you’re learning about. You might also try reading and writing while walking. Some people who learn best by doing or moving find they think more clearly when they are moving. Try it! IF YOU LEARN BEST BY USING IMAGES Pay attention to the “movie” in your head. Draw pictures that come to mind in the margins of your own texts, or in your notebook. IF YOU LEARN BEST BY USING ORDER Make a list or chart. This can be of words, phrases, or questions. Outlines probably come easily to you and help align your thinking as you review old material and add new information. (You may also want to review Chapters 2 through 5 on learning styles. See, too, Chapters 12 through 14 on getting the most from the classroom.) 1. 2. 3. REMEMBERING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED 93 IN SHORT Getting new information to stay in your memory means finding something familiar, or unusual, in what you are learning and using your learning style to make connections. It’s important to stop and reflect on what you learned, and to use it as often as you can. Practice Tip Twenty minutes or so before you go to sleep tonight, read over (or lis- ten to) something you want to remember. Tomorrow morning, read or listen to the same thing again. . alt="" 95 CHAPTER 12 GETTING THE MOST FROM A LECTURE You are reading with your ears” when you listen to a lecture. To get the most out of the lecture, take time to think about what will be. review Chapters 2 through 5 on learning styles. See, too, Chapters 12 through 14 on getting the most from the classroom.) 1. 2. 3. REMEMBERING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED 93 IN SHORT Getting new information. how you feel about the material now, and see the progress you make with each study session. WRITE AFTER STUDYING Without looking at your notes or text, write what you got out of studying this