Re-learning how I learn

I've been watching, reading, and listening to piloting content to study for the private pilot written exam. Figuring out which formats help information stick to my brain best has been interesting: 

• Videos are good for base engine and weather concepts
• Charts and infographics help with relationships
• Listening while driving or walking helps me consolidate previously learned information

Much of the content I'm able to understand from first principles, but some of it requires mnemonics (procedural limits especially). There are enough that I've decided I'll work on a memory palace as one of my last steps in study.

Recently though, I've been running through practice quizzes with Brian's help. I'm enjoying sorting out what I already know, and what I have left to learn (e.g., chart reading, dial instruments, and knowing what type of engine conditions affect which instruments).

Figuring out which words are important in test questions isn't hard, but that level of test question analysis makes my instructional designer brain hurt. Don't have questions/distractors to trick your students–you are then checking test taking skills, not knowledge! Grr.