It's been quite a few years since I have had to study formerly for examinations. Being in the business I am continuous education is par for the course however this tends to be in areas with direct and immediate application of new knowledge. Studying theory and internalising that knowledge for assessment is another story.
We've been introduced to new learning techniques to help us get started. Mind maps being a keystone concept. These work by creating associations of ideas and it's the associations that serve as foundations for deeper knowledge.
There is a wealth of information about mind maps on the internet with even free software tools to facilitate them.
On a seperate tack the Book "One L" by Scott Turow gives some excellent tips on how to study when faced with a huge volume of texts to get through. His experiences are taken from his first year at Harvard Law school and I think that any MBA student will be familiar with the situation of facing the volumes of work described here. Turow develops a system that works for him. He simply triages information into new, mastered, needs revisiting and information that he doesn't understand. By sticking to this system he is quicker able to get through a dearth of new data.
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