Teachers in schools continually try to find novelties to approach effective learning in the classroom. Over the years, many strategies have been used to improve overall student learning and information retention: many have succeeded and many have failed greatly. As a student, I know the best way to learn. But by observing the performance of other students in the classroom, I notice what is best for us overall. The main learning methods should be taking handwritten notes, student-to-student studying, and even review games. Taking notes seems to be the best method for learning to memorize for tests. As the years go by, note-taking seems to become more and more extinct. When students at my school ask why we don't take notes, the teacher usually responds, “statistics show that's not the preferred learning method.” But with my thirteen years of educational experience, I have come to understand that this method is the most effective. This is because when we read or listen to what is on the board in front of us, we write it down. The first step in memorizing information is to actually read it. Then there is a moment of memorization when we copy what is written on the board onto our paper. Now each student has completed the first step in memorizing the information and has a paper copy to take home with them to study. Many teachers' lesson notes contain a wealth of information. They do this for a reason and that is to force the student to read the text and understand what is important. This helps the student better understand the material without spoon-feeding them key points of information. Student-to-student study is a significant technique for learning. When a student knows his information, he can teach other students. This is extremely effective because students can explain how they memorized the information in a way that other students understand it better than reading the book definition. This would include questioning each other, group or partner work, and group projects. When students quiz each other with note cards, both students have the opportunity to learn. The student reading the question can question their own mind and that of their partners. This also applies to pair work and group work, only if each individual student is committed.