Spaced Repetition

Spaced Repetition is a technique that requires reviewing material at specific intervals. At the beginning these intervals are shorter; maybe one hour, six hours, or a day apart. As you get a better understanding of the material, the time between sessions becomes longer extending to maybe four days, a week, or even two.

This approach is especially helpful because you review concepts just as your brain begins to forget them, thus enhancing long-term memory. Spaced Repetition is like the opposite of cramming for a test as you start reviewing early in the semester to ensure that you remember it for the culminating assessment. This means that the time spent directly studying for a test is reduced and the information is kept in your mind for much longer. This study technique requires intense discipline, however; the results are extraordinary.