>Learning is simply better when you have to write things down. Definitely true for me. As an undergraduate, I found the following method to be most successful.

>Learning is simply better when you have to write things down. Definitely true for me. As an undergraduate, I found the following method to be most successful. I attended every class, transcribed the lecture in my own words as it was taught, and pre-read (once) the next lectures textbook stuff. When exam time came, I only had to review my notes the night before the eXam. Come to think of it, I still have fairly good recall of the knowledge I gained using that method (many years hence). The memorization stuff, tho, I have to practice on trivia sites to recall. We're talking about learning, so, of course, ymmv.