My old study trick was re-reading notes 5 times, now I quiz myself before I even review, and I was wrong about what works

Robin Garcia · 2026-10-09T20:05:02.812189+00:00

Back in college in 2016 I would read my notes over and over the night before a test, and I honestly thought that was studying. Now I close the notes and try to write down everything I remember first, then check what I missed, and my recall on a practice quiz jumped from around 60% to 85% on the same material. Everything I grew up believing about highlighting and re-reading was basically wasted effort. Anyone else feel weirdly lied to about this?

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