Right about now, students all over the world are getting serious about their study time--when it's almost too late. I'll save the lecture about the difference between cramming and learning: let's get down to business.
The key to really learning a subject is repetition and reinforcement over a long period of time. But even if you don't have a lot of time before your next final, you can still benefit from repetition and reinforcement. But you have to throw in a practice test.
When you cram for a final, you want to avoid simply reading over the chapter, because there's no way to know if you're actually absorbing any of the information. You must quickly read and pretest yourself repeatedly. If possible, find a study partner. Make yourself a practice test (fill in the blank is best) and have your partner do the same.
Test yourself, grade yourself, and switch tests with your partner to repeat the tests until you get every answer right.
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