How to make your studying more efficient: Stop reviewing your notes!

When you sit down to study, do you start by reaching for your notes first? Do you spend an hour or even more just reading through your lecture notes, maybe making a quick summary or highlighting things? I'm sorry to tell you, but you aren't using your time very efficiently! You can maximize your learning if you start actively engaging in your studying, and activating the knowledge to solve problems.
In this video, we'll talk about why it isn't effective to just review your notes in a STEM field, and I'll give you some strategies you can use to increase your efficiency so that you learn more in a shorter amount of time. If you develop these study skills you'll find that you are spending more quality time studying and, overall, you'll be spending less time studying for the same amount of learning.