If you’re assigned something to read, read it aloud to yourself. This engages not just your brain, but speaking and hearing, and your brain makes stronger pathways when more senses are engaged.
Don’t buy flash cards, draw them yourself. This engages sight and abstraction.
Write your own notes, then read them aloud and highlight them yourself. So many parts of your brain make connections by doing this. Don’t just read. That’s not very helpful, you don’t have to study long if you study well,
I think there’s a name for this, but I’m tired and will rely on Cunningham’s whatever.
I’ve mentored people before, and I learned more during that process than during any conferences or seminars.
For years, I bounce things off my cat. She’s learned a lot.
it’s rubber duck programming, just applied to other disciplines.