I learn best by doing. In an academic sense that means going to class and: * If math/science, then solving the homework or problem sets. * If humanities, then

I learn best by doing. In an academic sense that means going to class and: * If math/science, then solving the homework or problem sets. * If humanities, then writing about whatever it is you've been reading. * If computer science, then coding up whatever you've been studying. I rarely study for exams explicitly. Following the above and going to class seems usually to be sufficient. "Studying" for me is something active rather than passive, and it occurs over time, rather than in one night of desperate cramming. Whenever I've deviated from these rules (it happens ;-) the results have not been to my liking.