[gabriel 41]

Hello,
I'm currently in college and doing the ABE level 4 diploma course. There's a lot of theory in my course and I've got issues with it. I can understand the ideas/concepts behind the theory but remembering the base details / exact facts is a problem for me. I keep forgetting what I read but do clearly understand the ideas. How do I remember what I read for a long time? Can someone please help me.

[theandyguthrie]

Write it out, print our several copies and stick them around your house.

You can't help but notice them.

[Barry Reitman]

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[Eclectic Girl]

(Original post by theandyguthrie)
Write it out, print our several copies and stick them around your house.

You can't help but notice them.

That's exactly what I do: write down important and difficult-to-memorise facts on pieces of paper and stick them everywhere, such as on my fridge, so that whenever I need to get some food I read them even without intending to. In my experience, it really helps remember stuff.

[PinkyPurply]

I find writing it out again and again works the best.

[theandyguthrie]

It is not the learning, but actually the process of remembering which helps learning. Each time you have to pull an idea from deep down, that idea is easier to find again.