I'm not talking out of experience, but I'm pretty sure one of the answers you'll get is to keep a dream journal.
Whenever you wake up, lie completely still in your bed with your eyes shut and try to remember your dream in detail. Then, when you've remembered as much as you possible can, write your dream down in a book, or a piece of paper. Things like: What happened? Who were in it? Where were you?
After you've written this down, read through it and make a list of dream signs, things that you don't see happening in real life, it could be anything from your face being different (color, shape, scale etc.) to the skies being green or people flying.
After you've collected a couple of dreams, read over all your dream signs and memorize them good, so that if any of these things were to happen in your next dream, you will realize that you are dreaming.
Making reality checks while you're awake a habit will also help; pinch your nose and try to breathe through it(in or out), look at your hands (just doing the motion and looking at them isn't enough, think about what you're doing, really look at them, count them. If you only do the motions in the dream without thinking about it, chances are you won't realize you're dreaming.), try pushing your right index finger through your left palm, if it goes through, you're dreaming. There are a lot of reality checks you can try out there, but blowing through your nose is definitely the most reliable!
Hope this helped answer your question. At least until someone more experienced comes along
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