Rules of studying Flashcards
RECALL
- How do you USE recall
- while reading
- after reading
Why is recall impt?
While reading:
- Little to no highlighting
- Do not highlight or write until you have engaged with idea and put it in your mind
- then note down your processed thoughts
After reading:
- recall the ideas in a different enviro (while walking?)
- pretend you need to explain it to a 10 year old.
Recall is important as the ability to generate ideas from inside yourself is.
TEST
2. When should you test?
- on everything, all the time
- flashcards are key
CHUNK
3. What is chunking, how do you use it and what is its aim?
- chunk your problems
- repeat chunks
- aim each chunk comes to your mind in a flash
SPACED REPETITION
4. How should you employ spaced repetition over a week?
MTW, F, S - spread 100 reps over that time, rather than all over 1 day.
LEARNING TOPICS MIX
5. Should you practice the same type of problem solving technique or alternate?
- Alternate between diff problem solving techniques
- Subjects, topics, problems. Mix it up.
- Quiz randomly
- Are breaks important and why?
- dont expect to solve immediately
- What to do when you are struggling with a concept?
- pretend you are explaining to a 10 year old
- Say it aloud! The additional effort will mean it is more deeply encoded.
- Focus
- complete focus: phone off, ear plugs, pomodoro, rewards when done a pomo,. etc.
What strategies are most effective?
- Practise testing :
flashcards, hide the answer and try to redo it. Retriival has a direct impact on memory. Means you can find weaknesses. Recall tests better than multichoice.
2. Note taking - BUT, do in a manner that fosters practice testing.
3. Test, test, test - Distributed practice
What are some active reading strategies?
Elaborative interrogation (active reading strategy)
- Photosynthesis - “A process that plants convert carbon diaoxide and water into sugar, whcih is good”
While reading - explain why is it true?
Elaborative interrogation - this is true as…
Everything needs food and sugar is something that I need.
Self explanation
Explain how it is related to things you already know. e.g. This conversion is similar to how I turn food into energy.
These both encourage active processing of content.
What techniques are not as useful?
- Paraphrasing/summarizing (use self explanation instead)
- Re-reading - too passive
- Passive reading - pointless unless you can prove the info is going into head –> self test, – write notes so that they are conducive to testing
- Highlighting - fools you into thinking you are taking things in, just moving your hand.
What makes good notes
- Set up for self testing
- not paraphrasing or verbatim
- use own handwriting
- generative notes - in your own words so that cognitive function is used.
- notes that are reviewed early and often
How do you use Cornell note taking
- Divide page into 4 sections
Title
Notes sectino RHS - keep short, spare line between each item
Key points on LHS - list main itdeas/concepts - which is hwat you study
Summary at bottom - which is what you study
What are the 6 key factors for pomodoros?
- Est no of pomodoros for task
- No interruptions
- Use pomodoro for RECAP –> work –> REVIEW
- Set timetable using (to do, pomo sheet,
6.
What do you do when you have a read a page?
Close it immediately and practise recall!
Do the problem yourself
What can you do to immediately (30 sec habit to change your life
After reading/watching something - take 30 seconds to write down the most impt thing(s).
It is not - note taking, detail is a trap - excellence is elimination, it is tough to think of the most important.
Results in an ALCHEMY - changes the way your brain works, learns to listen better and ask questions, and process info as it hears it.
Are mistakes helpful for learning? and what is a good example (gym)
Memories of mistakes foster faster learning.
Snatching - last 15 mins better than first 15 as have learnt from the mistakes made. Brain has had a chance to re-experience errors.
Should you multitask?
Multi tasking damages brain and career!
Hence why pomodoro system is so important
Lowers your attention span and the info you can recall, lowers IQ
How does interleaving work and what impact does have?
Rather than drilling AAA BBB CCC, go ABC ABC ABC
Can improve results by 75% and has a much longer LT impact than repetition
As brain must continuously focus on finding new solutions, so depends the neural connections. Needs to actively retrieve different solution’s and bring them into ST memory. MORE DIFFICULT, but better LT payoff.
