Here (first comment) is a hybrid strategy: write your own comprehensive exam for your course/field of study. http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/08/10/you-know-wha

Here (first comment) is a hybrid strategy: write your own comprehensive exam for your course/field of study. http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/08/10/you-know-what-you-write-the-textbook-method-for-ultra-learning/ http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/08/10/you-know-what-you-writ... (the Cal Newport blog has 2 posts about summarization but nothing conclusive AFAICT http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/08/16/experiments-with-the-textbook-method/ http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/08/16/experiments-with-the-t...