MEPX
Chapter 10 of 10All chapters
  1. 1How memory works
  2. 2Working memory
  3. 3Retrieval practice
  4. 4Spacing and interleaving
  5. 5Sleep and consolidation
  6. 6Study myths
  7. 7Understanding and elaboration
  8. 8Learning skills
  9. 9Memory techniques
  10. 10Putting it together

Chapter 10 of 10

Putting it together

A study plan that works.

A simple routine

Read once for understanding, then close the book and write what you remember. Check, note the gaps, and review after a day, three days and a week.

  • Study in shorter focused sessions rather than long unfocused ones.
  • Test under conditions resembling the real task.

Long term

Anything you want to keep needs occasional revisiting. Learning is not an event that finishes; it is a schedule that thins out.