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.