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Rewriting is a Good Way of Reviewing Study Material Numerous numbers of students attend umpteen classes and lectures in a single semester. Many of those students find it difficult to remember various lectures while preparing for the exam. The process of learning is perplexing but studies show that the most effective technique for studying involves highly active behavior over a period of time. In other words, to study effectively, one must read, draw, process and rewrite notes, memorize and test oneself overtime (Fleming, 2019). Rewriting notes is a good way to study. Students can easily remember and review lectures by redrafting it. According to Lifehack org., “Writing things down appears to help us remember the important stuff. The better the notes are the more likely we are to remember”. Rewriting makes students read notes repeatedly, which is good for memorizing words. It forces the brain to process information in a more detailed way, which helps to successfully load information into the memory. When a person writes something with a pen and paper, he is stimulating a collection of cells in the base of his brain known as the Reticular Activating System. The RAS filters information needed by the brain to process. The physical act of writing brings the information to the forefront and triggers the brain to pay attention. In comparison with typing notes through gadgets, writing improves learning and retention. In the study published by Mueller and Oppenheimer in Psychological Science, Los Angeles sought to test how note-taking by hand or by computer affects learning. They found that laptop users did worse in conceptual application questions compared to those who write by hand. They concluded that taking notes using pen and paper help students to perform better.

Simply taking notes cannot boost the academic performance of the student. They must explore ways to use the lecture notes as a powerful tool to acquire knowledge and improve grades. When rewriting notes, he does not recopy the lecture captured within the class. Instead, it requires the student to improve and customize notes by writing information once again (Sawai, 2019). Many students rewrite notes to fill in the missing content and keep the lecture up-to-date. This will therefore give the students a better reviewing material along the whole school year.

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