Less CAN be More--Student Preparation for Examinations
In this attached article, Sally K. Somers Smith, Associate Professor from Boston College, explains that "going over notes" is an inefficient and ineffective method for studying for a test.  

    To briefly summarize her article, she makes the following points:

1.  Begin early to learn the material.  Learning should be a constant process of studying new material and reviewing past material.  As you study the notes, which are the "answers," determine what questions might be asked that would elicit the answers.  Do this for both text and lecture notes.

2.  Make connections between topics that have been presented in lecture or lab. Learning to make concept maps will help in this process.  Again creating the maps and then creating questions whose answers can be pulled from the map will help in the learning process.

3.  Do a self-pretest.  You wouldn't take a driving test without first "testing" yourself on the material that you needed to know.  Likewise, once you have created the questions as you have gone over the material, you then need to actually see if you can answer the questions without looking at the answers.

Link to the articles to discover more ways of studying for a test.