Researchers led by John Dunlosky examined 10 common study methods to determine which had strong or little backing from research. They found that practice testing and distributed practice received high marks from researchers. Practice testing involves self-testing or taking practice tests, while distributed practice means spreading out study activities over time rather than cramming. Other effective methods included summarization, rereading, and interleaved practice, which mixes different types of problems or materials within a study session. Highlighting and imagery for text had little research support.

1. Important Strategies for Effective Studying
Every college student and high school student believes he or she has honed a set of highly
effective, useful study skills. I used re
and taking the little tests you would often find at the end of a
material I just read.
Nobody taught me how to study this way. It was just something I did through trial and error in
trying and discarding multiple techniques. For instance, I tried highlighting, but it did little for
me.
Of course, psychologists and other scientists have been testing effective study techniques now
for decades. Being far more clever than I, they’ve actually run such techniques through the
research ringer, and have come out with some effective study stra
Just last month, another group of researchers decided to take a look at all of that research, and
boil down what we know about the most effective methods for studying. Here’s what they found.
Researchers led by John Dunlosky (et al. 2013) from Ken
critical look at the 10 most common learning techniques available to students
they had strong or little backing in the research literature. The study methods examined were:
Important Strategies for Effective Studying
Every college student and high school student believes he or she has honed a set of highly
effective, useful study skills. I used re-reading, lots of summarizing, note-taking (and outlining),
and taking the little tests you would often find at the end of a chapter to help me remember the
Nobody taught me how to study this way. It was just something I did through trial and error in
trying and discarding multiple techniques. For instance, I tried highlighting, but it did little for
Of course, psychologists and other scientists have been testing effective study techniques now
for decades. Being far more clever than I, they’ve actually run such techniques through the
research ringer, and have come out with some effective study strategies.
Just last month, another group of researchers decided to take a look at all of that research, and
boil down what we know about the most effective methods for studying. Here’s what they found.
Researchers led by John Dunlosky (et al. 2013) from Kent State University decided to take a
at the 10 most common learning techniques available to students and see whether
they had strong or little backing in the research literature. The study methods examined were:
Important Strategies for Effective Studying
Every college student and high school student believes he or she has honed a set of highly
taking (and outlining),
chapter to help me remember the
Nobody taught me how to study this way. It was just something I did through trial and error in
trying and discarding multiple techniques. For instance, I tried highlighting, but it did little for
Of course, psychologists and other scientists have been testing effective study techniques now
for decades. Being far more clever than I, they’ve actually run such techniques through the
Just last month, another group of researchers decided to take a look at all of that research, and
boil down what we know about the most effective methods for studying. Here’s what they found.
t State University decided to take a
and see whether
they had strong or little backing in the research literature. The study methods examined were:

2. Elaborative interrogation — Generating an explanation for why an explicitly stated fact or
concept is true
Self-explanation — Explaining how new information is related to known information, or
explaining steps taken during problem solving
Summarization — Writing summaries of to-be-learned texts
Highlighting/underlining — Marking potentially important portions of to-be-learned materials
while reading
Keyword mnemonic — Using keywords and mental imagery to associate verbal materials
Imagery for text — Attempting to form mental images of text materials while reading or
listening
Rereading — Restudying text material again after an initial reading
Practice testing – Self-testing or taking practice tests over to-be-learned material
Distributed practice – Implementing a schedule of practice that spreads out study activities over
time
Interleaved practice — Implementing a schedule of practice that mixes different kinds of
problems, or a schedule of study that mixes different kinds of material, within a single study
session.

3. So unbeknownst to me at the time, I was engaging in a combination of the above learning
techniques while in school — summarization, rereading, and practice testing. I also tried to
distribute my studying over time, and not try and cram right before a test (although I probably
was only marginally successful in adhering to that desire).
At least one of my techniques was deemed effective by the researchers — practice testing. The
other technique that received across-the-board high grades was distributed practice.
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