>>10155619I study 50 min and then take a break of all kind of stimuli for 10 min. I heard somewhere that this break helps you memorize what you read.
When I study, what I do is schemes of any sort to understand all the relevant information of what I'm reading (I'm studying history). This schemes could be lists, cronological or logical steps, maps, whatever seems addecuate for the information I'm trying to proccess.
I make schemes for an important part of a text and then I read the schemes and try to memorize them. If my first memory of them isn't good enough (and I know this because I reread the schemes after trying to memorize them) I either make corrections in my last memory of it or I try to remember it all again.
When my memory of the schemes is good enough, I beging making the schemes for the next part of the text.
This process is tedious but it really works. Studying is much more satisfying once you feel you're actually learning and you're actually paying attention to the subject because you understand it and it is attractive for you. These feelings increase if you consume any kind of media that peaks your interest in the subject (in my case it would be documentaries, movies, literature, etc.)
If you study like this you'll be both motivated to do it and making an effective use of your time, because you'll actually understand and memorize what you're trying to study.
Then you have to make constant reviews of whatever you're studying until an important date (like an exam date). I do reviews after at least a week has passed since the last time I studied something.
