10. common wisdom used to advise students to find one quiet area without distraction to use as their study space.

but experiments, such as one by robert a. bjork at the university of california, los angeles, have shown that students actually retain more information if they alternate the settings in which they revisit material.

for example, one night you might read about the monroe doctrine in your bedroom with red walls and halogen light.

the next time you study it might be on a saturday afternoon on a blanket in a park, surrounded by bright sun and green trees. when you like this, the material you are reading is enriched, which means you wil remember it better.

1. very the context 2. calm yourself down. 3. read between the lines.
4. set aside your time clock 5. understand the situations.