How to Become a Straight-A Student

by Cal Newport

attaches each sheet to the corresponding problem set.

general explanation questions are crucial.

danger of memorizing specific problems but not learning the technique behind the problems,

prohibition against organizing and reviewing on the same day,

finish as much work as possible as early as possible,

quiz-and-recall

After his first pass-through he takes a ten-minute break, then returns to tackle only the questions that gave him trouble.

with the remaining time he goes through his notes to retrieve the handful of question-marked topics that evaded his efforts,

Michael articulates out loud the explanations that he learned

goes back over a handful of the hardest problems

sorts the questions in order of difficulty and then constructs a time budget.