One strategy for learning is blocking. It involves practicing one thing at a time before the next ( Learning topic A before B, before C forming the pattern AABBCC), in interleaving you mix several topics together (forming the pattern ABCABC)

It may seem a little harder as it can take a bit longer to learn material. But it can generate better and long-lasting results. It is important that when using interleaving method you shouldn't switch between subjects too often, it's all about getting the balance.

The only way to know if your practice is working is by testing yourself. Evidence shows that testing is one of the most important factor to aid your revision and it can drastically improve your memory.

While initially it may seem better to study more, over time you are much more likely to retain information if you test yourself. This surprising phenomenon is called the testing effect!

Some ideas on how you can test yourself:

• Flashcards
• Practice questions online
• Questions in textbooks
• Getting friends to quiz you in a study group
• Past papers

Elaboration is where are you enhance the information of the learning material by relating it to other information that you already know so that you think about it differently.

This strategy makes you ask more in-depth questions about how and why things work; deepening your sematic understanding

When we are learning new information that we do not want it to interfere with what we have previously learned. If this happens it is called retroactive interference. When this happens the memory that you have stored previously for some reasons cannot be retrieved. This is more likely to occur when learning similar materials.

So when learning new information, try to make sure you are learning it in fundamentally different way on how you learned similar materials. Use new cues and try to keep the information separate. Consider connecting the dots.

Stimulating curiosity creates more effective learning experiences. This means the more interested or curious you are about something, the better.

If you find a topic boring try connecting it with something that you do find interesting. Thinking in these terms can really change how you feel about a topic and consequently how well you end up learning it.