Hope this helps:
How to Own What You Learn:
Study less/better grades: What smart students know. Adam Robinson (the majority of what follows is from this book)
All fields can be broken down into 3 to 12 core principles/foundations. Find those and these are the only questions that can ever be asked:
General Orientation Questions:
1. What is the definition of this?
2. What’s an example of this?
3. What are the different types of this?
4. What is this related to?
5. What can this be compared to?
General Expert Questions:
1. What is this made of?
2. How can this be identified?
3. What process causes this?
4. Where is this usually found?
5. What can I tell about the history of this?
6. What processes can cause this to change and in what ways?
7. What other processes can occur simultaneously?
8. What else is found, usually, with or near this?
9. What are its chemical, physical, and/or textural properties?
Application Questions (Making the information yours and EASIER to remember!)
1. What does this remind me of?
2. Ask a “What if . . .?” and look for the answer.
3. Ask “So what?”
