Pleasing Circumstances Sip a cup of coffee, place a desk blotter of a pleasing color under your book, read outside, play relaxing music in the background. Choose a Minimal Distraction Environment Study away from family interruptions, avoid tempting outside views. The purpose of a review is to get information into long term memory. To do this, productive students use an active approach to studying. They interact or make connections with their textbook and with what they want to learn and retain.
Immediate review occurs when an assignment is completed.
Planned review occurs at regular intervals to make sure that selected important material has been put into long term memory. Planned review should occur before tests but can also take place at other times. The first strategy is to go back and look at the headings trying to recall the questions you have formulated. Without looking at the text, see if you can recall the answers to the questions. If you are unable to answer your questions, reread the section covering only the highlighted passages.