Thanks for the advice, but I think it has a lot to do with the questions I ask myself while lying in bed. If you have ever read Tony Robbins' "Awaken the Giant Within," he discusses the importance of the questions we ask in our heads (ie, submodalities) and this point really made sense to me. I will go back and review this material, and see what more I can share.
Margaret, I assume you are involved in the education field, so I feel this question will be intellegently answered. What, in your experience, are the most effective and easy to apply accelerative learning techniques?
Sleep.... 
