Mine own study habits and various articles and wasted highlighter ink have made me realize how useless highlighting is. I already take side notes and spend time reviewing previously written notes to improve my memory retention, but I'm wondering if there's another effective method to stress important facts while taking notes. Thanks!
Recall memory is the most important as far as being able to exercise what you have studied. I've heard that for studying you should spend 20% reading/notes and 80% actually applying what you learned (solving problems, flashcards, etc..). The reason why notes/highlighting doesn't does is because 1. people hardly ever go back and read their notes 2. reading notes does not require recalling the information. I have to do a lot of studying for professional examinations and personally I've found that focusing more on solving problems has been more effective for me.