With notes (this worked for me, and I imagine it would work for others): Treat the notes you took in class as a rough draft. After class, revise your notes in

With notes (this worked for me, and I imagine it would work for others): Treat the notes you took in class as a rough draft. After class, revise your notes into a final draft. This way you can reorganize the ideas, simplify example problems, and fix any spacing issues or spelling mistakes. This helps you learn the material since you are working with it while it is still fresh in your mind, and makes studying much easier in the future.