When preparing for an exam of any kind or if you are facing another learning process it is using some of your resources which you normally dont use in that intensity. So because of that “uncommon territoty” you should structure your learning as smart and effective as possible. I want to suggest the following steps: [...]
When preparing for an exam of any kind or if you are facing another learning process it is using some of your resources which you normally dont use in that intensity. So because of that “uncommon territoty” you should structure your learning as smart and effective as possible.
I want to suggest the following steps:
1) Find out about your learning style
This is the first thing you need to do before anything esle; otherwise much of your learning energy is wasted. You can do that for free if you click this link.
2) Use the triggers for your learning style as much as possible
Make sure that most of the learning you can schedule and influence yourself feeds your personal learning style; have fun, involve ur preferred senses as much as possible.
3) Take regular breaks
Take breaks while learning; during the breaks make sure you balance yourself and let your subconscious work and integrate the material you just studied; after science has proven that the phases at the beginning of a learning session and the end of a learning session are the ones you can recall best and have the highest attention. So make sure you have many of those beginnings and endings with having many small breaks;
Good activities during the break would be synchronizing your brain halves again, after maybe one brain half was dominating while learning. Study between 20-50 minutes a time and then take a break, as is is proven that these episodes give the best mix of recall and understanding. Studying longer then that lets your learning and recall curve drop continually.
4) Draw Mind Maps
Dont take linear notes, draw mindmaps. I explained in another blogpost how to draw a mindmap.
5) Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
Best results show up when you have a specific repetition plan scheduled. Best is to make a first repetition 10 minutes after the learning period for about ten minutes. Look at your mindmap or notes again. Do a second, third, fourth repetition after 24 hours, 1 week, 1 month for 5 minutes each. Those times try to recall and draw the mindmap and check and add afterwards what you missed. Without reptition you waste a lot of your initial effort.
6) Teach others!
Teach others, what you just learned. Teach your friends, your family or your studdy budies. Teaching lets you contemplate actively about the study material which makes it sink in a lot better, gives deeper understanding and lets you notice where you still have a lack of understanding.
7) Relax! Reward yourself!
After you have reached your study goal for a day relax and reward yourself for that achievement so that you know each time you study you will have a nice reward waiting for you. Don`t overlearn as that won`t make your memory better and lets you burn out at some stage.
2 your learningsuccess,
Dirk
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