A problem may exist, however, in knowing how to retrieve information from the past. The SQ3R method of learning enhances your ability to retain and recall information. Here are a few other suggestions for helping your memory Remember in a Context. Know the structure of what you are studying so that you may organize details and their relationship to each other in a context. If the whole makes sense, the parts are easier to recall.
Meaningful material is remembered more readily than is meaningless.
The more meaningful the material to you, the more relationships you can see, the more principles you can understand, the more you will remember. Overlearn certain types of material, e.g. formulas in math and science, parts of speech and grammar rules, verb conjugations in foreign languages, etc. A pack of file cards is useful as an overlearning tool for the type of material that lays a foundation for future learning. If you are studying complicated terminology or a formula, write the terminology or formula on one side of a card and the definition or usage on the other. Let your senses reinforce each other as you learn.