My study habits consist of numerous techniques in order to learn the material I need to know for each of my classes. I like to read the material in the textbook before it is gone over in class. I then take notes in class and do my best to understand how the textbook relates to what is being taught. Then, two or three days before a test or quiz, I go over notes/outlines and make out note cards for the terms I need to know. I then study as long as I need to in order to learn the material, which depends on how difficult the material is and how much material there is to know. I think I follow the study tactics that the book gives pretty well. I definitely "work smarter, not harder" by reading all the information first, and then the following steps simplify in the information more and more through the classroom and use of outlines. I also avoid cramming by going over the material a couple days in advance of when I am going to be tested. I do not however use mnemonics, which is something I should consider doing.
             By reading the material before I go to class, I am using implicit memory while in class. Even if I do not learn all of the material while I read it, it will still help me understand the material while I am in class. It would be impossible for me to learn everything from reading it once and it would be too time consuming for me to just read the chapter over and over. It can also be difficult to understand what is being taught if you have no prior knowledge of the information. It can be especially difficult if the professor or TA does not speak English very well. Through the use of implicit memory, I might have a better understand of what is being said in class.
             When I use note cards to learn terms I am using maintenance rehearsal. By going over the terms over and over, I slowly put the information into my long term memory. This is only effective if I spend a lot of time doing it, because if the terms on...