How To Handle Incorrect Recall

Sometimes a piece of information is stuck in our minds but is not getting recalled. We know the information but cannot label it or remember the actual name.

This can be helped to an extent by associating a piece of information (like a person’s name) to something that can help trigger the r...

Using simple words and pictures helps us to see connections between pieces of information, get a better idea of what we understand and what we don’t, and remember it for later.

By using a combination of words and quick images, the note-taker listens, digests, and captures on p...

Using a laptop is not an ideal way to take notes or to learn, during a lecture.

• A laptop distracts and impairs the learning process, as you might be tempted to play games or multitask with it during lectures.
• In the old-school hand-written method, you are processing the informa...