3. Don’t Waste Time Highlighting

Although it is one of the most popular forms of revision and studying, highlighting pieces of information has been proven to have no effect of the information that is retained. For this reason, there is very little point in highlighting your notes as a method of learning. It may, however, help with picking out pieces of information from others. In short, use highlighters sparingly to avoid wasting time and overcrowding your page with key information that’s really not that important.

Sources: The BBC, John Dunlosky – improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology, Effectiveness of highlighting for retention of text material. Fowler, Robert L.; Barker, Anne S.