After reading up about the uselessness of highlighting, what are some alternative ways to stress important aspects of books/notes that actually improve memory retention?

posted by AP on Whatever

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!

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[–] InnocentBystander 1 points (+1|-0)

I think this varies a lot between people. Different people learn in different ways.
One thing that often worked for me was to explain the topic, in detail, out loud. The process of having to put it into words and recall all the necessary details seemed to work.

[–] Dii_Casses 2 points (+2|-0)

Edited

Popularly known as Rubber Duck Debugging in programming circles.

[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

I do the same thing as an IT worker that works alone... I just don't have the rubber duck.

After reading up about the uselessness of highlighting, what are some alternative ways to stress important aspects of books/notes that actually improve memory retention?

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