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Re:Reading habits that changed my life by guevara on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:55PM (#23314306)
I'll second "take notes" and "paraphrase". My retention has drastically improved when I paraphrase a piece of text and then write it down.
Re:Reading habits that changed my life by rajlego on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:19AM (#23320699)
I unfortunately don’t have a link on it but this is mainly because active recall is far better than just passive review for memory effect. Memories are like muscles: the more you struggle (without actually failing) the stronger the memory gets. Reading isn’t a struggle so the memories stay weak, paraphrasing and notes are thus much better or strengthening recall. SRS can take you a level higher than that and guarantee much longer term recall via repeated active recall