MEMORY METHODS Spaced Repetition

Spaced repetition describes the idea of reviewing new concepts at intervals that get spaced further and further apart.

For example, learning a concept in the morning, reviewing it 8 hours later, then recheck the next day. Reviews then get spaced out 3-4 days, then a week, a month, then a...

This is a learning technique that uses repeated testing over increasing intervals until what you're trying to memorize finally sticks. 

You test yourself a lot at first, then less and less over time.

Instead of cramming all the material one night before the exam start preparing for it early and learn the material many time in suitable intervals.

• Day 1: Learn the material in class.
• Day 2: Revisit and review.
• Day 3: ...