You need a solid knowledge base to progress. Some of the information gets learned while making the cards and the rest can be learned during practice. You get to switch around the order in which you view topics, which is something most notebooks don't provide. Try a Highlighter Use it judiciously. The goal is not to turn your book or notes fluorescent.
Most texts already have important concepts in bold typeface.
Unless your teacher is very unusual, he or she will almost always mention likely test questions, answers, and concepts. Some teachers take questions from a test bank, but those who write their own are usually keeping a mental tally of concepts while teaching. Make Mnemonic Devices What you are doing here is taking the first letters of words in a sequence you are trying to memorize and making a phrase from them to serve as a memory aid. Ok, it isn't great literature. H opping D own M ountains D rinking C hocolate M ilk.