How color-coding your notes helps you study Using color can improve the performance of your memory. This isn’t just a throwaway observation: Research has backed it up.

See the screenshot below. To color-code specific text, select the cells that contain (or will contain) the text that you want color-coded. In the example above, I have selected cells B2:B27. At this ...

Lawyers learn how to color-code early on in law school, using red highlighters for the holdings of a case, green for general law, yellow for facts, and other colors to fill out the IRAC/CRAC system.

Step 2: Have students use this same color coding to assess their own drafts. Step 4: Take time to make notes on needed changes that will strengthen the writing This exercise can be done IN CLASS or AT ...