Whether you use techniques, tapes, or whatever or not ... it's going to boil down to you sitting in front of those books and in front of that keyboard every day and doing what needs to get done.
What you need to do, I think, is to get yourself to do a little bit more than you're currently doing every day. You just got to sit down and do it.
By engaging techniques and what not, it looks to me as if you're simply trying to avoid just sitting down and doing the work. I know that's how I operated when I asked similar questions while in college.
Doing the work can seem like a daunting task, and it can be painful. But you can do it. And, ultimately, the feeling of reward you get from facing your fear, facing your pain, and overcoming the uncertainty is really awesome. You not only overcome darkness, but you accomplish and are rewarded. So, it's both avoiding a pit of lethargy and pain and gaining victory.
Do not underestimate the power of just simply doing work the old fashion way. Don't downplay the ability of your brain as is. My judgment of your situation is that you may not have experienced the full blown power of just doing your work every day like you should.
I just got out of a terribly grueling curriculum. I procrastinated. I looked for quick fixes. The painful truth of the matter is that I just had to bite the bullet and do some solid, good, old fashioned work and keep at it even in bad times.
During my last class, my hard drive crashed. I used a recovery program and got a lot of my work back, but major pieces were missing. I was already stressing. There was no way out. It was either put my nose to the grindstone or fail, so I simply got in there and went at it.
I ended up succeeding, doing much better than I thought I would. It wasn't from any techniques. It was just from me and good old hard work.
Dedicate yourself. I know it is hard. Strangely, it can be the hardest thing in the world to just sit your butt down and make yourself work. And it sucks that in the short-term it doesn't feel as rewarding as it should. It doesn't feel like a major accomplishment, but it is.
Just getting yourself to simply get in the habit of working hard while hard work is required of you is one of the greatest accomplishments you can make in life. You have the strength. You can do it.
Simply working will help turn your grade around. Study, write, work. You don't need mnemonics or special techniques. All you need is yourself. You are enough to do it.
Work hard, and good luck. 
[This message has been edited by babayada (edited October 12, 2004).]
