Strategies for Effective Studying

ch 7 psy 21 exam 2

Retrieval Practice

use practice questions or self-quizzing to strength access to learned material

Context Matching

practice under conditions resembling the exam when useful

Chunking

organize material into manageable, meaningful units

Elaborative Processing

connect new material to existing knowledge or personal examples

Interleaving

mix related topics or problem types during practice rather than studying each exclusively in isolation

Concept Mapping

organize concepts visually to show relationships among ideas