Here are some tips to make studying and learning easier.
- Take a lot of breaks when you study. You tend to remember the first and last item, by taking more frequent breaks you have more start and end points.
- Review your notes right before you go to sleep. If you go over what you want to learn right before you go to bed there is less chance of those things getting pushed out of your head.
- Use Mnemonic devices.
- Use SQ3R [http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html]