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Old 07-12-2012, 12:03 PM
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Does anyone out there record their study notes and play them back? A manager suggested this once for the EA exams and I'm going to give it a try. I figure it's something I can do when I'm out running or during my commute.

If you have done it, have you found it to be helpful or just a waste of time?
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My boss told me he did it for the straight memorization exams and that it helped a lot. It's like when you hear a hit song that hasn't been played since the 90s but you still know every word. I think the optimal time would be during a commute where the alternative is listening to the same sports or social talk BS and save music for out running.
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I did this for my cards to memorize.

Part of the memorization got done just from making the recordings. The ones I still needed to go over, I stuck on a playlist and hit randomize. Used to listen to it on the subway on my ipod.

Did a pause between the title or prompt for the card and the list I needed to regurgitate.
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