Seems related to this Wired article that recently was reposted on Reddit: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_wozniak?currentPage=all http://

Seems related to this Wired article that recently was reposted on Reddit: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_wozniak?currentPage=all http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_woznia... Bottom line is that to maximize retention, there's an optimal time for being re-exposed to information: right before you're about to forget it. Seems like re-covering the previous material in the class may have accomplished this.