I can still remember my french teacher asking us to memorize our vocabulary every day. I can remember what she looked like, and exactly what her voice sounded like. Unfortunately I can't remember the vocabulary. I can also remember just how frustrated I was that I had no idea 'how' to memorize the vocabulary. I'd usually get about 70% out of good luck, but I was clueless about how to intentionally get that number any higher. There are many aspects to learning and memorization. One factor is when you study something and when you do subsequent review sessions. Here's a fascinating article about some of the research that's been done over the years on timed reviews and some software that's been developed to help this process called Supermemo.
Enjoy!
Article Link-Supermemo/Wazniak
