Vary where you teach and students study.

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By varying where they study, your students eliminate external cues they might subconsciously use to recall information. This is important because by eliminating this reliance on the same external cues, students are forced to retrieve the same information in different contexts--this means they learn the information better because they can easily recall it in different situations without the reliance of external cues. Incorporating this tip is easy: encourage your students to study in different locations every night.


Sources:

Carey, Benedict. "Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 06 Sept. 2010. Web. 20 June 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html>. Click here to read the article.

McEachern, William A. "THE TEACHING ECONOMIST." The Teaching Economist. Cengage Learning, 2008. Web. 10 June 2011. <http://www.cengage.com/economics/mceachern/theteachingeconomist/issue_34/index.html>. Click here to read the article.