effective studying (General)

by Steven, Sunday, August 28, 2005, 21:40 (7174 days ago) @ siegrun

? I've studied chess puzzles for a long time. At first I believed that I
? ought to know them after looking at them once - wrong. Then I looked at
? them 1/2 year later & had forgotten most of them. I did the same a year
? later with the same dismal effect. a few weeks ago I started doing it the
? proper way:
? 1. look at some puzzles.
? 2. repeat ten minutes later.
? 3. repeat next day.
? 4. repeat next week.
? 5. repeat next month & you should have put them in your long term memory!
?
? This is the only efficient method. You may think its boring, but
? everything else is a complete waste of time.
?
? This site is good because you can go back & repeat the exercises before
? you get the new ones.
? all the best, siegrun

Please define "some". Also what kind of puzzles? Mate in how many? Thanks