How I UPGRADE the Most Popular Study Techniques
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- Upgrading 14 different study techniques to make them more effective.
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=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Reranking the most popular study techniques
01:03 Practice papers
02:48 Pomodoro
04:38 Feynman technique
04:43 Active recall
05:46 Pre-study
07:21 Mnemonics
08:41 Cornell Note-taking
08:51 Brain dumps/ blurting
10:06 Summary pages
10:16 Mindmaps
11:52 Flashcards
12:47 Watching videos and lectures
12:58 Listening to music
15:39 Rereading and highlighting
=== About Dr Justin Sung ===
Dr. Justin Sung is a world-renowned expert in self-regulated learning, certified teacher, research author, and former medical doctor. He has guest lectured on learning skills at Monash University for Master’s and PhD students in Education and Medicine. Over the past decade, he has empowered tens of thousands of learners worldwide to dramatically improve their academic performance, learning efficiency, and motivation.
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1. Practice Papers (01:03):
- Effective for identifying knowledge gaps.
- Enhanced without answer sheets, promotes self-assessment.
- Ranking: A to S, potential for SS.
2. Pomodoro Technique (02:48):
- Aids focus and flow, can be optimized by adjusting break times.
- Ranking: A, potential for A+.
3. Feynman Technique (04:38):
- Ranking: A.
4. Active Recall (04:43):
- Essential for memory reinforcement.
- Enhanced with varied recall methods.
- Ranking: A, potential for S.
5. Pre-Study (05:46):
- Priming the brain with main ideas before in-depth study.
- Ranking: B to S, potential for SS, or SSS.
6. Mnemonics (07:21):
- Useful for checklist-style memorization.
- Limited in complex knowledge application.
- Ranking: B to A.
7. Cornell Note Taking (08:41):
- Difficult to do wrong, limited benefits even when done right.
- Ranking: B.
8. Brain Dumps and Blurting (08:51):
- Useful for externalizing knowledge.
- Enhanced by changing note structures.
- Ranking: C to B.
9. Summary Pages (10:06):
- Effective with varied summarization methods.
- Ranking: C to B.
10. Mind Maps (10:16):
- Effective for relational, non-linear note-taking.
- Manual creation enforces a high standard of organization.
- Ranking: C to S.
11. Flash Cards (11:52):
- Effective when used strategically.
- Ranking: D to B or A.
12. Watching Videos and Lectures (12:47):
- Mindless consumption is useless.
- Ranking: D.
13. Listening to Music (12:58):
- Effectiveness varies with task and music type.
- Ranking: D to C, conditionally effective.
14. Rereading and Highlighting (15:39):
- Generally ineffective, low benefit.
- Ranking: D.
Nice summary
1. **Practice Papers**
- Eliminate reliance on answer sheets.
- Create your own model set of answers to identify knowledge gaps.
- Collaborate with friends to create practice papers and answers for each other.
2. **Pomodoro Technique**
- Track time to identify your natural focus duration.
- Take breaks proportionate to your focus session (e.g., 30-minute break after 1.5 hours of focus).
- During breaks, engage in rejuvenating activities like walking or meditation.
3. **Active Recall**
- Be deliberate about the type of recall, from low-level facts to high-level problem solving.
- Vary your recall techniques in each spaced repetition session.
- Engage in complex discussions or projects relevant to the study material.
4. **Pre-study**
- Focus on understanding the big picture, main ideas, and key concepts without memorizing details.
- Aim to explain the topic's main ideas and their connections but not in detail.
5. **Mnemonics**
- Use mnemonics primarily for checklist-type information.
- Avoid using mnemonics for knowledge requiring multi-relational manipulation.
6. **Cornell Note Taking**
- This method has a limited benefit ceiling and is hard to do incorrectly.
7. **Brain Dumps and Blurting**
- Attempt to reorganize and structure your knowledge differently from how you initially learned it.
- Focus on understanding the topic from multiple perspectives.
8. **Summary Pages**
- Similar to brain dumps, try to summarize knowledge in a different way than initially learned.
9. **Mind Maps**
- Use mind maps for relational, nonlinear note-taking.
- Focus on visually representing information and its connections on a single page.
10. **Flash Cards**
- Identify the appropriate scenarios for their use.
- Avoid using flash cards for complex knowledge application.
11. **Watching Videos and Lectures**
- Active engagement is crucial; passive consumption is ineffective.
12. **Listening to Music**
- Useful for tasks with lower cognitive load.
- Avoid during high cognitive load tasks where deep thinking is required.
13. **Re-reading and Highlighting**
- Generally considered ineffective and there's no clear way to make this technique more effective.
God tier: Genetically gifted
One of your more practical videos that summarise everything that your channel and iCanStudy preach about. Thanks for this.
My pleasure!
After watching and practicing over 100 videos on study skills, I realized the key is problem-solving skills. Not how to read a book
Bruh can you please guide me on how to learn that skill?
explain further pls
Plzzz
@@Midnight_9595Do inquiry based learning. Ask what answers to questions you want from the book. Map out ur previous knowledge. And then proceed to make a broad mind map after chunking the broad concepts of the book.
Then compare the broader concepts or try to find links between them. During this entire process keep writing questions about the concepts that pop up in ur head.
Once you do that, try reading through the chapters and answering the questions. Keep questioning and critically analysing everything the writer says in ur mind. Don't accept everything as fact. Question everything
learn a simple programming language like python, learn the basics & data structures and algorithms (dont dive in too deep yet, just explore the vast landscape n know what things they are), then start solving leetcode / competitive programming. At the beginning it will be very frustrating n daunting, but if kept consistent..voila! You would be master at problem solving and get a job as well 😮
1. **Practice Papers**
- Eliminate reliance on answer sheets.
- Create your own model set of answers to identify knowledge gaps.
- Collaborate with friends to create practice papers and answers for each other.
2. **Pomodoro Technique**
- Track time to identify your natural focus duration.
- Take breaks proportionate to your focus session (e.g., 30-minute break after 1.5 hours of focus).
- During breaks, engage in rejuvenating activities like walking or meditation.
3. **Active Recall**
- Be deliberate about the type of recall, from low-level facts to high-level problem solving.
- Vary your recall techniques in each spaced repetition session.
- Engage in complex discussions or projects relevant to the study material.
4. **Pre-study**
- Focus on understanding the big picture, main ideas, and key concepts without memorizing details.
- Aim to explain the topic's main ideas and their connections but not in detail.
5. **Mnemonics**
- Use mnemonics primarily for checklist-type information.
- Avoid using mnemonics for knowledge requiring multi-relational manipulation.
6. **Cornell Note Taking**
- This method has a limited benefit ceiling and is hard to do incorrectly.
7. **Brain Dumps and Blurting**
- Attempt to reorganize and structure your knowledge differently from how you initially learned it.
- Focus on understanding the topic from multiple perspectives.
8. **Summary Pages**
- Similar to brain dumps, try to summarize knowledge in a different way than initially learned.
9. **Mind Maps**
- Use mind maps for relational, nonlinear note-taking.
- Focus on visually representing information and its connections on a single page.
10. **Flash Cards**
- Identify the appropriate scenarios for their use.
- Avoid using flash cards for complex knowledge application.
11. **Watching Videos and Lectures**
- Active engagement is crucial; passive consumption is ineffective.
12. **Listening to Music**
- Useful for tasks with lower cognitive load.
- Avoid during high cognitive load tasks where deep thinking is required.
13. **Re-reading and Highlighting**
- Generally considered ineffective and there's no clear way to make this technique more effective.
You have a good point about music, and it explains why I tend to need it so much. It's a very double-edged sword; it uses up cognitive resources that could go to thinking, but it also uses up cognitive resources that would otherwise go towards my attention latching onto other things.
Having ADHD makes getting flow states consistent extremely difficult.
This was the best video I watched of yours by far. It was concise and summarized multiple techniques and how to use them. I think another great video would be a step by step how exactly to study depending on the major or class type. I’m an engineering student and the best way to study for me is not necessarily the best for a med student. You give a lot of helpful tips but sometimes they’re overwhelming when trying to figure out which ones to use specifically and at what times.
I love how Justin is practicing and teaching interleaving through re-evaluation of previous work. This feels just like an SIR session
Wow what a coincidence! I was thinking the same thing on how to upgrade an existing study technique! Thank you for making this video! As a high school student, This video is really helpful for me!
A practical video with the summary for most of the useful technique. Hope you can make more detailed content on how to create a good answer model for practice papers.
Love all your videos! You are hands down my favorite TH-camr along with Cajun Koi. I get super excited every time you release a new video.
Yay! Thank you!
content value is insane over here thanks for the upload, doc
thank you for making these videos.. I immediately subscribed while watching another video when you mentioned negative proof (success bias) and the one on encoding was a light bulb moment because in school when I used to be a good student it was something I ended up doing without realising / trying - while listening to a lecture my mind had enough time to wander and because it was pre-smartphone, social media era the wandering was predicting the next point or analysing and relating the points made to earlier learned stuff
The video everyone was waiting. Your channel is truly great, man!
Yes I was waiting for it since the previous video came...
How did you find this compared to the previous video?
@@JustinSung this felt more worth the time I spent watching it solely because I didn’t find the answers I was looking for in the previous one
I’ve watched most of your videos , and this is probably the best onecyou’ve ever made, you summarised everything you’ve ever said which is super helpful 🥰
Any ideas for future videos that you think will be of value to you?
A video about critical thinking, problem solving and decision making
mindmaps literally boosted my efficiency to the next level .It had helped me to save much more time, by not writing dozen pages of useless linear notes which i end up forgetting after few weeks and instead of it processing content in my mind by forming relations and connections and its more convinient to recall and revise.
i wonder why school teachers not teaches stuff like these and focus more on mugging up the bookish data
I'd love to see you make a video on the methods on making your own answer sheets for Practice Papers!
Hey Justin! Thank you for a wonderful and essential video about these study methods. I’m definitely going to incorporate those into my study routine in 2024. I had a slight issue with the volume of the background music in the video. It was slightly difficult to fully concentrate on your words since the music seem almost as loud as your explanations. Nonetheless, thank you for always sharing your study advice with the community!
I appreciate your hard work man🤩
Love this video. My question is: do you advise people do most - all of these studying techniques? A video that shows a combination of all techniques and how to implement all of them together would be legendary
I think a video on how to effectively learn procedural knowledge would be incredibly helpful, which would somewhat coincide with learning critical thinking and problem solving as Krish-10 has also mentioned below.
I am currently learning Information Technology and it seems one of the most useful real world skills to have is knowing how to critically think and problem solve in terms of troubleshooting any issues that may arise. I have been utilizing mental models and thinking frameworks such as the Ishikawa/Fishbone Diagram to serve as a schema to chunk, in hopes of finding the relationship between your learning methods and real world or procedural application.
I also wanted to say that your methods have helped me dramatically improve my learning as a whole so thank you for that! Looking forward to any and all your videos on leading a more productive life. Cheers! 👍
I see how I've become super reliant on having some background video in my life regardless of what I'm doing, not just studying be even other parts of life like walks, eating and preparing food, workouts, and one of the worst for me being sleep.
It made sense when neighboring roommates would stay up super late and night and when I'm trying to work on something I can't focus when there's always some noise that I have to block out but end up being super annoyed and frustrated. I believe having just white/brown/pink noise or just waterfalls without any breaks or noticable loops can help to simulate like when there is actually no noise and your brain fills in that sound, rather than hearing all my roommates and everything. But even this I've become reliant on as when I'm not studying I've become so annoyed of any small noises or high pitched noises.
It's like my ears are just super sensitive to everything around me and I keep darting between that noise everywhere. I think meditation and endurance without any headphones helps to naturally drown out things and just adapt, but the frustration and lack of focus still exists. Libraries sometimes help or just change in environment.
Thank you for everything you have helped me improve with my learning precesses.
I am now considering studying for a Ph.D in data science.
An other point I want to share with you :
I used to be a math teacher for the French public system and definitly in France we do not learn (nor teach) how to learn. (at least not in public schools)
could you explain how ?
I'm sorry to hear that 😂
@@phanikatam4048 sure but how what?
@@omnilink33 what's your way of learning???
Do you mental imagine when learning something ??? To understand ?? We may relate thing from past knowledge to understand better later complete understanding of topic , we used to apply topic in real world .. later analyse , evaluate etc
I am struggle to learn and recall ..after watching several vedios of youtubers and implementing what they say I forgot my own learning ability
Could you teach how I learn from word to word to understanding complete topic understanding and recall it perfectly ...
Thanks in advance
That's awesome to hear; we need teachers on board to change the way the future generation learns. Thanks for your contribution!
Mindblowingly effective video. Explained a lot of stuff to me that I’ve been rather confused about, especially about active recall and pre-study.
Glad you found it helpful
Thank you very much for another helpful video 👉👈
No worries, any suggestions for future videos?
Active recall is very powerful. And it's very important to practice it to bring your brain ton another level. This is something we can practice anywere, anytime préférably during another activity or free Time that doesn't require focusing.
Throughout my public education music was played very often during times of focus and it was maddening. I listen to music now while doing assignments for college if I’m overwhelmed, but the default is no music.
- Practice papers: Create your own answers to identify knowledge gaps (1:04)
- Pomodoro: Adjust breaks based on personal flow states (2:51)
- Active recall: Use varied recall methods for each spaced retrieval session (4:43)
- Pre-study: Prime your brain with a big picture of new topics without detail memorization (5:50)
- Mind maps: Use for relational, nonlinear note-taking and understanding complex relationships (10:18)
- Flashcards: Employ strategically, suited for checklist-style information recall (11:56)
- Listening to music: Only beneficial for low cognitive load tasks, not deep thinking (13:02)
we are so back mindmap bros.
Alright I don't really use it for studying but its so good for making a whole subject feel a lot more compact and understand why you are covering specific topics plus it lets you come up with questions to bug the professor with.
Bro doesn't know about analysis and structure
I was waiting for this part 2
Did it live up to the hype?
God bless Justin for changing life's of so many students across the globe 🙏
After following your study tips - i am having a good health, good sleep and a great life balance between both study and personal lifes 🙏.
My study rankings is improving semester by semester and having a healthy happy life 😊
Thanks for sharing!
Bhai can you share some tips too, like tum kaise padhte ho
Thank you so much!! Can you also make a video on study tips for people struggling with ADHD?
Was literally dying for part 2!!!
How did you find it? (Specially compared to part 1)
Please! Make a video about how to effectively watch these type of videos and lectures!
Since we're learning about learning, let's also watch about watching, keeping it meta and all that ;)
It would really drive the efficiency of what we're doing here.
How to prime a video for example?
And thank you for all the insight you've given so far. It's really appreciated.
Thank you Justin
Your welcome
I'm not lazy, mom, sleeping it's a studying technique!
😂😂😂😂😂
haha
😂😂😂
Funny enough it just happened today😂
How does this man not have more subscribers???/ 🎉 Please come to Northern Ireland
Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤
Welcome 😊
great video
I didn't know till watching his videos.. I HATE STUDYING. Not because it is a thing to Hate but because I really didn't know how to study. And thanks for uploading free content.
It's really very helpful for a person like me.
Justin your videos are game changing. It takes me awhile to get things done with my hands doing mind maps - forced me to be creative but why do you think making them on browser or via click drag type isn't as "effective"? I don't understand because 9ne side effect of drawing handmade via hands even though it's super effective is that it takes so long and hard to reuse and expand on in concept app
What do you think of stress testing things learned (what tier?). For example, mental experiments of pushing ideas to its most outrageous applications to identify incorrect applications/assumptions/flaws. By understanding why something is wrong, you gain confidence in what is right....until the next piece of knowledge breaks everything again and you need to rebuild it back up.
Technique Modification: Practice papers are improved by focusing on knowledge gaps and creating personalized answer sheets, making it a highly effective technique.
Flow State Optimization: Enhancing the Pomodoro technique by adjusting break times based on personal flow states can make it more efficient, though its effectiveness still depends on the study methods used during flow.
Enhanced Recall: Active recall can be significantly improved by varying the recall methods to cover different types of knowledge and ensuring a deeper understanding.
Pre-study Importance: Pre-studying by creating a scaffold of key concepts and their connections boosts understanding, and is crucial for effective learning.
Mind Mapping Advantage: Mind maps are highly effective due to their alignment with higher-order thinking and deep processing, making them an excellent study tool.
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Thank you so much for this resource (and others of course)!! Do you have any recommendations for students that need to offset the distraction of environmental sounds? Typically this is the only reason I'm using music during a study session.
white noise apps
I think you can use music to push your flow to the limit. Like at the end of the day when you're tired and going to sleep right after.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS😭😭😭
How did you find it?
@@JustinSung By the notification😊😊
@@HaqueipHe's asking how useful the video was, not how u literally found it
@@Krish-10 Oh ok. I think, it's good enough. I would use the A and S tier to support my learning journey.
Or watch this video to find your learner TYPE create a targeted learning improvement plan:
very interesting point about rereading. I found a lot of "stoics" and "intellectuals" on youtube preach rereading because after a while, you have different context and perspectives so rereading can give you new perspectives that you didn't think of before. can you talk a bit more on that topic? thank you very much :)
sure will put it on the list of videos to make
Hey @JustinSung! I have a question about the answers of the answer sheet (2:00): Should we make them while having our notes open or some reference material? If not, then should we check if they are correct by referring to our notes? How do we make sure our own answer sheet is correct?
Hi Dr Sung. Thank you for taking the time to teach us this for free.
Are you bilingual?
So im studying islamic studies (in arabic) and i realised explaining to myself any lesson in english has been very helpful. Its like testing myself whether i understood it or not.
Also sometimes if i dont understand an arabic word, translating it into english brings all the connotations related to that word to mind and i find this helps w understamding and memory. Also crossing cultures and rooot words. It has been so interesting and helping. I def think it is a blessing to know more than 1 language.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
That sounds like a good way to study a new language itself.
Bad practice long-term don't do that
@@warriordx5520 intetesting. pls elaborate.
Ps. I grew up with both languages
@@SarawithnH You're basically studying it in the English language at least mentally-wise which will first limit your understanding and knowledge of the text and second Arabic is a much better language than English especially for originally Arabic texts
Don't use English as a shortcut. do it completely in Arabic and try to do it in increasing complexity and then in the end when you become proficient simply translate to English for communication reasons not understanding
This channel is mostly misguiding so be very careful since actual learning is always long-term and you won't notice early on how bad these "strats" on social media can affect your mind or life.
Thank you
Thank youuuu!
hi justin! it'd be really cool if you made a made a video specifically targeting ADHD
Please make a video about how to plan for the new year
Make goals about the most important things to you
then make a very easy way of getting there if you can't do that then make the goal easier until you can.
it's that simple
We need a video on rewriting subconscious mind.
Love you justin
Hi Dr. Sung, I recently discovered your channel and immediately found interesting and challenging the concepts you talk about.
I'd like to ask for a clarification: mind mapping is based on the non linear functionality of the brain, and must represent the information's organization in our head. The construction of this global picture though is done through a series of deliberate linear thinking processes aimed to branch, correlate and reorganize the information, right? Do you intuitively picture the relations and organization all at once in your head, or do the mind map assolve that role?
The fact that the mind map is constructed step by step would suggest the second option.
Thanks for all the good information you're putting out there!
Nope it's just analysis and structure not really "mapping" anything other than what you currently know or learnt and yes it's step by step
You can't connect anything "intuitively" without enough information so what happens is that you just group things together for whatever reason and you do it at first to basically start with something rather than nothing then change things as you learn more to make the process more engaging/smoother for the brain it's just for efficiency and clarity nothing crazy basically a basic engineering method.
Hi Justin, great video!
Quick question, are you wearing a Jaeger le Coultre - Ultra Thin Moon? 😌
Weird asf
What a smile 😊 😂
Welp, as someone who listens to music a lot to get in the mood for studying (Starcraft Broodwar Terran OST is goated), that kinda hit a nerve. However it does make sense to me, because when I really focus, I turn it off since it starts to feel like a distraction. Guess I'll look into different types of white noise. Really happy you took the time to explain in detail this thing in particular, because I think it translates to other areas of life in my case at least. Great stuff! ❤
SC is incredibely goated.
Music is pretty good to get you into the mood screw focus it doesn't matter what matters is the time you spent reading and solving things and music is only a problem when you're unable to focus or learn at all
A distraction is necessary to do the repetitive work and only turn it off when you get very used to the material and want to get better at it
I listen to rap and heavy metal to get me into something new then turn it off when I'm familliar with it like 2-3 hours in
Anyway this channel sucks and so does lulu.
Hey Justin, I recently found out that some people can't imagine images (Aphantasia). And that some people doesn't have inner monologue/s aswell.
I've wondered why is that the case and through examining myself, I found out that I can imagine images, touch, and sound with high level of clarity as long as I've experienced them in the past.
I asked my brother and friends about imagining touch or sound and they seem to be not capable of doing it or can only do it but with less clarity.
The simulation of those senses allows me to better recall information associated with the use of those senses.
How does this affect learning?
Some good suggestions, but rereading and highlighting is certainly not useless for deep thinking about an extremely complex topic.
Yeah but Sung is delusional and teenagers trust his every word.
you "hated" on music, so i got 2 questions:
1) what about low profile beats from apps like endel etc
2) if its bad for concentration, why is there music in your videos, for example while you are talking about music in this video. I really like your videos and am grateful for your input, but i personally would be very happy if the music were more quiet or completely cut out :)
Which of these techniques would be classified as encoding and which ones would be classified as retrieval?
I have a question: what is different between related and relationship in the encoding state
So in the practice paper section, you said that we have to create our own answer sheets but how do we know the answer sheet that we created is correct? Won't we have to look at the answer sheet anyways to check that the model answer we created is correct or not?
I have watched your video on training to be "genius" or "smart" in terms of academic learning. I'm a dental student and can you comment on mastering artistic, surgical and other clinical procedures? How to train myself to be "smart" or "genius" in terms of learning these physical/artistic skills?
Practice/reps/critical feedback loops/imagination/drawings etc whatever works
And there is no genius involved it's just your background information if you've done a lot of them before surely the next one will be more intuitive and easier so it makes you look like a genius.
This is why i like maths, i just do maths without worrying about all of this
Are there more study techniques like inquiry based learning and all
Is there any playlist for me to be able to learn all of these techniques one by one? And this video was very nice for me to be able to understand which skills to learn! but where should I start from is the question! Hare Krsna💛💙 Hari bol!!!
If you go to his channel and press “playlists” you will find a playlist where he has all his studying videos (I forgot the name of the playlist but it is there) :)
You don't need any of them it's a distraction just think and study like an engineer easy
10x 4 the vid dr
I find that listening to a videogame soundtrack (specifically endless space soundtrack) helps me keep "random thoughts" or idk what to call them out of my head. I have ADD so I suppose the random thoughts as I call them are more frequent than for me than others. I can and do concentrate very well on subjects that I'm interested in, but even with them I find the background music helpful. I suppose it's designed to be in the background so do you feel like it's a good thing or should I try to control the 'oh look, a squirrel' thoughts in some other way? I feel like the music "fills" the space where the random thoughts develop to use very unprofessional terms :D but that's the best way I can explain it.
You're right the music is actually necessary for so many subjects and especially at the beginning when it's boring or most of the times stupid and it's really good as a switch to the studying mood and keeps the useless thoughts and distractions away
Hi Justin. I have tried to include pre-study and i can tell that it saves a lot of time in my revision sessions but there is just one thing that I don't understand. How can I get the main idea of the topic when I don't have the definition of the main idea?
"I can't get my head around these study methods. For example, if I want to learn about probability, should I skip the video lessons and readings and go straight to the practice questions? How can I answer the questions if I have never studied this subject before? Shouldn't I watch a lecture on the topic first and then attempt the practice questions?"
how do we practice active recall?
hey justin can you make a more detalied video about pre study???
He already has videos and more detailed ones are in his PAID course
You don't need any of that it's just writing vocabulary and pretty much "pre-study" where you try to figure out what's going on quickly and asking a lot of questions and maybe answer some of them and then during the "study" you have some foundation to work with which are the new terms/words and questions
That's all you need
I am a visual learner. Which methods are the most suitable for me? What should I do to unlock my potential?
Every person is a visual learner it's how the brain works since visuals carry much more information in a neat grouped way
Idk what you mean by potential but if you want to succeed at academics just use mindmapping and your imagination
Hi, Justin! I have recently started watching your videos. I am facing some problems in non linear note takings aka mindmap.
So I try to relate different concepts in a chapter through mindmaps. But the thing is, sometimes I fail to find relations between a concept/topic with another concepts. How do I fix this?
MM are typically used in a top down style. So for a book you can have the central idea being the name of the book and then each branch from there could either be a Chapter name or each branch could be one of the main concepts the book is teaching. If you are using the Chapter name as a MM branch then you may have different concepts under the Chapter that are not linked to each other but they are linked back to the Chapter name in which the author thought they belonged together.
If you want to remember relationships between your MM links then you want to create a concept map. I think they can be vastly superior to MM.
Have a better understanding of each of these concepts and their underlying information and you will surely find multiple connections or similarities
can i do my reviews (spaced repetition) only with pratice papers ? I feel like doing only pratice papers the information will have holes, if i do some mindmap ou blurting of what i have in my mind, i feel like i can organize better the information...
Mindmaps are supposed to be iterative. You can keep adding and changing things as you study and gain new insights on how to organize it better. It's not a one and done thing where the holes stay there forever.
Yes it will not be enough and the practice papers don't really make you test all your knowledge so a better technique is to go through every page and ask every possible question about every statement.
Simple right
For the interleaving, whats you're rating?
God-tier
Im super confused of how flash cards are on D because my school fully supports flash cards as much as past papers
I can't understand how active recall is S but literally every way of doing it is C and D
Your explanation of active recall is the same as blurting, yet one is ranked higher than the other.
Is the "cause and conséquences" the only way to connect pieces of information ? If not, why is it describe as the best way of doing it ?
Arranging information by cause is good because theres a logical flow. In a mind map for example, if you had arrows going in every driection makes it difficult to understand whats going on. If there is a directionality to each idea it's way easier to understand whats going on.
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But, Is it the only way ?
It's not the best way it's just a way part of infinite ways of connecting information and you should connect it based on relevancy which might be facts or maybe what you like or works for your brain or maybe all of these combined.
Sung is delusional don't trust his every word
I challenge the person !
For learning a new language. If mnemonics aren’t effective for info you’re going to need to manipulate and use, how would you recommend that I go about it? (I’m learning Mandarin which means I need to memorize lots of characters)
You will need to memorize characters when it comes to Chinese, there's no way around that. Chinese characters are ideographs with parts that sort of represent the meaning of the word. So without being able to recognize the characters and their parts you wouldnt be able to read and interpret. For becoming able to understand and speak the language is where 'manipulating and use' come into play. To manipulate the language you need to first deeply understand it. To deeply understand you do listening and reading activities. You want to think critically while doing these activities trying to deeply understand the story. Try think how each event inthe story is interrelated, just like you would read a story in your native language, but harder because of all the unknown words. To make it easier do i+1 of Stephen Crashen's input hypothesis which is basically ~80% known/20% unknown words. But the point is just consume material with a greater amount of known words. It provides more/better context to understand the new words.
If you want to avoid/reduce memorizing you can focus only on the speaking part and rely on conversation to learn. But you can only pull this off if you have the circumstances that allow you to converse a lot in your target language. You probably would want to learn to read anyway.
@@roberttallafer2299 okay. Thank you!
i dont know wat SABCD is though...
Just one question. How do i use the technique of practice papers if i want to learn how to draw?
Replicate sometthing about what you're learning and then add or subtract things
Hey i am struggling to create a mind map, can you please take an example from maths or physics please, i can't afford to pay you now but I'll in future, but please help me coz I need it now, please can you take a real time example of that
what if the music is wooden soup asmr? would that still be helpful?? its wood clanking
How do you make your own answers on practice papers?
Think about what other ways solve this question or what are the other possible correct answers
basically analyze
@warriordx5520 thank you l, that was very helpful 😀
Hey can i listen to binaural beats while studying or is it not good?
It is good ignore this guy
There are a few practical tips that I think embody and improve on what Justin says about practice papers:-
1) Determining the ratio of the typology of questions- Essentially, try to do more of HOTS type of questions, but in case the subject or the way you are tested on the material involves a lot of isolated fact recall, tune the ratio accordingly ( but the HOTS are still a must).
2) Subjective v/s Objective QnAs- If you have access to subjective questions, prioritise them over objective ones. This is not to say that you leave out mcqs, it's important to cover all types of qnas but surely get your hands on subjective ones. Especially complex ones because they offer more room for complex problem solving without any cue whatsoever, increasing the active recall aspect.
Delayed Review - essential reevaluating or predicting wether your answers hit the mark before checking rye answer key ( say, by using different colour pens for ticking or crossing answers ). Moreover, also highlight answers you feel you weren't confident with and made a wild guess on.
Caution: I'm not a learning expert in any way, shape or form, just a person who's interested in the theory of learning, trying to improve on my processes.
Is i can study programme is not available now??can it be paid in another currencies??
Depending on your bank if it converts currency and it's available from time to time usually once a month
But I think one can only do practice papers after they have sufficiently studied the material well, right?
It's not an initial method of study imo, it's just after one has covered all the material.
Yes, it is a method of retrieval to test your knowledge after you have learnt (encoded) it initially.
Justin, could make a more detailed video on practice exams and how to make most of them after doin them?
Have added that to the list of videos to make
Plz if there's free mind maps apps other than notion and obsedian (linear note taking)
Concepts is typicically used by Justin and myself. Its a drawing app with infinite canvas everyhing you need is free but also has paid features.
yep, concepts is great
Obsidian has a mod for drawing it's even better since you can map the notes themselves directly
Bout time
I have to listen to music because the people around me cause so much noise that it just causes agitation to me which breaks me out of learning
ok, on music or noise... why does it work so well for people with ADHD? is there something different there?
It goes well for all people who need a distraction from real-life or need to make the material fun and bareable
Is the course in translation into other languages?
Yes it's pretty good for that purpose but not directly taught
Bro please post the exam video
It is coming soon, I promise