Memorization has a bad reputation in education today, but it underpins the abilities of all sorts of high-performing people. I often refer to this article from 1999 about how to better organize information for memorization.

My favorite pieces of advice:

• Do not learn (memorize) if you do not understand.
• Stick to the minimum information principle.
• Use imagery
• Avoid sets and enumerations
• Use mnemonic techniques.