"Active" Study Strategies

When studying, you can WRITE you could
Make a chapter study Review Card ( Use an index card: include special vocabulary, main ideas, examples, key events and people, causes, result and so on )
Make and use a set of flashcards ( vocabulary and definition, math problems and solutions, questions and answers and so on),
Make list of related information by categories ( causes results, important event or concepts, main ideas examples, key people and so on and recite them,
Draw a diagram, map a sketch, or a chart; do this from memory and check your notes or books for accuracy,
Write questions you think will be on the test and recite the answers, Create a mnemonic to remember, information ( such as please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, used for order of operations in solving an equation - Parenthesis - Exponent - Multiply - Divide - Add - Subract )
Graphic Organizers: Graphic organizers and semantic maps ( word maps ) which offer a visual representation of ideas. When students organize and design these maps, they apply important analytical skills as they think about how ideas are interrelated. Abstract information is put into concrete and visual form which can be pictured in one's mind and more readily retrieved later.
When Studying, you can VISUALIZE You Could
Your eyes and " picture in your mind" any chart, diagram, word, map event, time period, scene, experiment or character (from a Story) that you are trying to remember.