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@Shah 샤 see bro, that's how new ideas and terms come into existence.... Don't you think, the "Pomodoro technique" - one of the most well known study technique have same kind of flashy name!! Isn't it nice that he is sharing his mind with us? Just because some things are complex and quite difficult to understand, doesn't mean that they are garbage. We should try to understand them. And if not, atleast don't disrespect someone like that...
6:00 I absolutely love that point about overwhelm with too much information. You’re not overwhelmed by fiction because the context and story comes so naturally to us. So doing a layering approach with learning starting with an organizational structure makes the details easier. This channel puts words to problems I’ve been having for years and then gives me the answers. Thank you.
Example: if you need to read a book , you can make a big picture of chapter of the book first to structure data and be able to go in random way read in the book
I do feel overwhelmed when it comes to pbsycial books but if it's digital I don't see how many pages I have left to read as a phsyical representation in my hands. 😅 I figured a way to make it less overwhelming over time though!
Man i came across your channle last night & u dont know how much you saved my live For my whole live i used to study by analyzing & Understanding & doing that subconsiously And i used to love learning +didnt ever took time to memorize just 10 - 20 min revising was eenough for the full mark After i get to med school every one was just memorizing word by word, letter by letter making me feel the pressure to do so And ooooooh all the hype about active recall & anki really got me..... At first it felt kinda good but less than month i felt Board & it does not deserve all the work & time. I hated studying & felt miserable So when i so u video it just make alot sense U saved me from being lost in that world forever Thank youuuuuuuuuu😔😔👏 Ur channle is a treasure
2:19 Why are these ideas important How is each point important How can they be grouped what are the relationships between each idea Goal= use above questions to make a [mental] Organisational structure Basic flows of information How would it be used in real life Supplement with syntopical learning 5:10 Controlling when you are ready to take in information is a sign of a good high level learner. Focus on the Organisational structure
@@user-yi4mt4hp8u let's break it down Syn meaning synchronous Topical meaning referring to topics. Therefore synchronous topics. It just means learning something while learning something else. For example learning about numbers while also learning addition and subtraction. The idea is to create a context for the information you are learning and deepen your understanding of it's importance within that subject. In this case, maths
As an adult with ADHD this is kinda how i approach any large task. I hate taking notes or even writing things down. I usually skim multiple sources and materials simultaneously simply due to boredom or the inability to stay on one task for too long. By doing this I naturally start to see patterns and connections between topics. Then later all the small details are easier to remember! Your video help me refine my process from haphazard to a little more purposefully. Thanks!!
Luckily youtube recommended ur channel today doctor. Thank u for this valuable info sir.. um studying biology n hoping to be a doctor... Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️
This is very useful information. I really need to start learning like this. I have about a month of free time. I will try this. It’s going to be very unusual for me, and I’ll probably procrastinate, like I do now. I can’t even get myself to read something for an hour. But I’ll try my best to start learning like this, and try to keep as much information in my head before dumping it on a mindmap. I still need to watch the mindmap video and some others, because I haven’t watched them or need to watch it again. I really want to enroll your course, but of course I can’t afford it. Thank you for the videos. :)
Hey, I just started doing the course. I want to give you a few tips from just the very first lessons I went through plus some of my personal thoughts! When you scedule: 1. Think of the difference between sceduling your *time* and sceduling your *tasks.* It's better to make sure you're using your time intentionally, i.e. scedule tasks rather than time, rather then boxing yourself in with rigid time scedules. It's just a different focus. And 2. Think of the difference between *importance* and *urgency.* If we keep prioritizing urgency over importance when we scedule, we will keep getting tasks done which are urgent but not the ones that are important. If we turn this around and prioritize importance over urgency we are doing things ultimately more benefitial in the long run and probably scaling our skills so that the urgent things become more managable in the future. While aiming to improve: Marginal gains are not to be underestimated! Treat marginal gains as compound interest. Find things that you can apply to many areas, many subjects, and become marginally better at them every week. There are plenty of transferrable skills you can look into or even think on the spot, I'm sure. When trying to study like Justin teaches even though you're not in the course: Focus on better encoding. What can you do so you retain more the first time you truly study. Things like pre-studying and doing a mind map can surely help. Even if you do them badly, if you do them you'll probably still benefit more than you'd benefit from traditional notes and re-reading. Also, while you study ask yourself specific questions which inquire about the relationship between things and why they are relevant. Embrace cognitive load which comes with a feeling of confusion and difficulty. These all help for more effective encoding. Then when you do spaced repetition you need to do it less because you've forgotten much less than you usually would! I really hope these tips help. I've always been the person not able to afford things and I know what that feels like. Also, you can join the discord! Some channels are for course memebers only but still lots of interaction opportunities. My username on the Discord is Essen, feel free to ask me anything.
@@essennagerry hey thank you this is very helpful for me as well since I am trying to develop my system using just the videos. Thank you for your information
TAKEAWAYS Orde control of the topics: FOCUS on organizing information, not in remembering it. Sin topical reading: - Read various sources at the same time to have more profound view of the topic - Use the recursive and excursive properties of learning High order learning: - Evaluate, creat, theorise, generalise, hypothesise, reflect - Start with high order learning and low order learning will come naturally
Thank you for showing us your way of priming, it was very interesting and I'm curious to try it out. And I'd really like to see your final chunk map and the explanation on the process behind it!
I'm a CS student and I'd love to know how your techniques can be applied in subjects like Calculus, Algebra, Network, Programming,... It would be great if you can do a demonstration video on those subjects.
This is such an interesting approach to study. The traditional method doesn't work for me as I have ADHD and reading a bunch of texts without making the connections beforehand is almost useless. Thanks for the knowledge.
Justin I think a video on how and when to study the most nitty gritty details of topics would be really helpful. Like when I'm studying something like biology in my 11ths, there's like loads and stacks of important detailed information, and I'm not sure how to deal with that
I also think think the Blooms taxonomy can be used as a check list in therapy. Did the client understand or even remember what we talk about last time, did they apply any of the knowleg (do there homework). Are they learning to analyze their life, are their attributions for their problems changing. Are they better evaluating there previous implicit theory's about the world and themselves with the knowledge they have gained. And finally, are the intentionaly creating a better life - generating hypothesis about an alternative way of living, planing actionable steps, and acting on them. First with the help of the therapist then later on as thing progresses are they doing it more independently . So again I think that learning to think in a complex and balances ways about things in school can help you in the longe run with your personal life. If you gravitate towards higher order learning you will gravitate to a higher order life.
Thank you! As someone with ADHD studying much less staying focused is nearly impossible some days! The little details become overwhelming and make it hard to learn every little thing… and often I lose the big picture. Have been watching a ton of your videos trying to figure out how it all works before jumping into applying them to the IT courses. I gave up on mind maps the first time I tried it but am trying again due to your videos and techniques.. so far it’s helping retain the information from the videos and hopefully helps when studying for these next certification exams! I’ve taken these classes before but am overwhelmed trying to study for the certs but studying based on objective seems way more manageable than the mountain of content that is network+ or security +
I have ADHD too and my mom always made me study in a way so that I could regurgitate my notes word for word so that's how I've always learnt. It's impossible to continue learning like that now that I'm older and dealing with much more notes. I was worried that this wouldn't work for someone with ADHD but I'm happy to hear it worked out for you.
@Sarah Hodgins Oh yes, same. Writing by hand does help some things stick for me as well. Realistically though, I know it's not the most efficient way to get stuff to stick which is why I've been looking up better techniques (and stumbled across this channel). I'd love for it to work for me the way he describes so I'm going to give it a try but I don't think I can cut out notes in classes entirely yet. My ADHD makes it really hard to focus even generally speaking and my memory suffers because of it (since it's hard to retrieve info you were barely focusing on in the first place). Writing slows my mind down enough to jot down the important things and I'm worried that if I try to depend on my mind...which has been historically unreliable for memory and focus, I'll miss a bunch of important things in class and screw myself over. It doesn't help that we don't often get slides or notes before or after class. We have to depend on the notes we take. If I just do doodles, I have nothing to fall back on and I can't even be sure that I'll remember what my mind map means. I agree, key words in a mind map might be better to start with. Maybe I'll test it out on something low stakes like a Udemy class or a text book. I don't think I trust my mind enough for a lecture.
wonderful insights as always. You sir, you gave me this feeling for the first time in 3 years of researching how to learn: I feel like I cracked the code of learning! I am now a learning machine, making mind maps with colours and pictures of any concept that I want to understand. I even have used this concept succesfully when I felt overwhelmed by traumatic feelings, thoughts and existential threats. Just by organising this, I feel like I can give it a rest and I feel relieved. I get a perspective that is much more liveable for me, then the intense thoughts and feelings that get disproportional big in my impressionable brain
First of all, LOVE your videos!!!!! Wish I came across your content sooner. Will ll definitely be giving your methods a go. I would love to see how the mind map turns out at the end of your study session.
Such an interesting video and channel. I wish you could show your method applied to Medicine in a video, since I feel like it's not as important to figure out an order and structure, since it's kind of pre-made in subjects like Pathology, where each disease has its method of diagnosis, its sypmtoms, its treatment, etc. The structure is always the same, and that makes it, paradoxically, kinda difficult to apply parts of this method, at least to me
But within symptoms, treatments, diagnosis etc. you can find more chunks and groups. Just keep breaking it into pieces. Although some of this stuff probably has an exact method you follow every time and so that probably would have to be memorised.
Can we still try to use these techniques and find that they work, without taking the course? Because I don’t think I will be able to pay for and participate in the course, but I really want to use these more effective study techniques.
Aantekeningen: Voorstudie: Organiseer van tevoren de voornaamste brokdelen van leerstof Dia's: - Gebruik de inhoudsopgave: 0 Waarom/voor moet ik elk brokdeel kennen? 0 Waarom is elk brokdeel belangrijk (desnoods linken aan buitencontextuele zaken)? 0 Kunnen deelbrokken gegroepeerd worden? (+ idem. ----> automatisch hogere-orde leren) 0 Hoe is elk brokdeel + groep gerelateerd aan elkaar en aan het grotere geheel? ----> Skelet organisatiestructuur Syntopisch lezen (soortgelijke info opnemen uit verschillende bronnen): - Handige manier controlle structuur (die eerst gebaseerd was op slechts inhoudsopgave) Boek/Wetenschappelijk artikel: - Aanbrengen eerste laag door: 0 Skim verschillende bronnen (Dit is slechts de eerste laag om bekend te raken met de stof) 0 Grijp terug op deelbrokken + vragen en schaaf zo nodig de kennisstructuur bij Verwerken info > Aantekeningen maken, mentale relatatie ---->
Man, I'm on my first year of biology bachelor and priming really helps to understand the topic, although I spend quite a lot of time on it because I like to understand the details or else I feel like I have and half assed understanding on it;
I’d like to see you go through explaining one of your chunk maps. Explaining what you wrote down and why and how the concepts relate so we can get a better example of how we might think about the topics at higher level, instead of just seeing that it’s simpler. Thank you. I appreciate you very much.
Don't compare your 2. chapter to someone elses 20. You might think your story is not good enough but it is not over yet. *Keep dreaming and putting in the work. I believe in you...*
Enjoyed 5uis video really explains the difference between seasons I have struggled with and others where I have found learning flows, because I haven't looked at ho2 best to learn it thank you.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📚 *Priming and organization in study can increase learning effectiveness significantly.* 00:15 🧠 *Building a basic organizational structure can enhance memory and understanding.* 00:58 🏗️ *Focusing on major concepts first can reduce cognitive load and improve learning efficiency.* 01:26 💡 *Having an organizational structure allows for a deeper and more effective learning process.* 02:08 📖 *Using various materials like textbooks, articles, and slides can aid in developing a robust knowledge base.* 02:34 🔄 *Considering why knowledge is important and how it's connected enhances understanding.* 03:44 🔍 *Analyzing emotional literacy and intelligence reveals their interconnectedness and importance.* 04:26 📚 *Synoptical learning through multiple sources fosters a holistic understanding.* 05:56 🧩 *Building an organizational structure instead of linear learning speeds up information processing.* 07:33 📈 *Higher-order learning strategies prioritize understanding over rote memorization.* 09:27 🎯 *Directing focus towards understanding relationships and groupings in learning material aids in faster comprehension.* 10:50 🗺️ *Employing chunk mapping to organize information can make the learning process more efficient.* 12:26 📝 *Minimizingnote-taking and maximizing mental processing enhances retention and understanding.* 14:04 🚀 *Advanced learning techniques require practice and may benefit from guided learning courses for optimal improvement.* 17:11 🧭 *Gaining a structured understanding enhances confidence and prepares for deeper learning.* 17:54 🎧 *Priming with a good organizational structure improves engagement and comprehension during lectures.* 18:23 🎓 *Utilizing passive learning opportunities, like listening to lectures in unconventional settings, can be effective.* 19:06 ✍️ *Quick note-taking captures the organizational structure, leaving room for expansion and detail later.* 19:51 📈 *The foundational organizational structure is critical and often the most challenging aspect of learning effectively.* 20:19 🔄 *Adjusting study strategies based on skill level allows for gradual improvement and effective learning.* 20:47 📝 *Offering insights into the evolution of learning strategies through follow-up content can provide practical learning tips.* Made with HARPA AI
Forgive my non-adherence to the conventions of the English language as I am regrettably, not a native speaker of this language, however, I want to express that, Honestly, I love your videos, I may not understand everything, but I just hope the tests in my next school will be based more on understanding the things conceptually than just having to learn facts by heart for every test... I am very interested in learning so I like your videos, but since I am not that old and my English level is still not completely fluent but just at around almost native level speaking, I will eventually come to your videos, when I actually need them for school, now I just attempt to use higher-order learning and in the end, I just learn the things by heart, I am not really reviewing my material, but since I am also learning a new language by myself daily since one and a half years, memorizing things has generally become way easier for me... However when I try to learn it conceptually I just overcomplicate the topic thinking that this is a key component and this is but in reality I just literally learn everything, so I need to refine my critical judgement more in the future too...
try to ask yourself the correlation of the questions or lessons being shown to you. ask yourself how do they correlate & how to apply them to one another such as legos & wiring. Anatomy, words can overlap through bones, muscle, region & physiology can add through that
I'm 4th yr medical student in my first 2 yrs I was relying on active recall and I did just fine but now and with the amounts of material that should be consumed that method isn't as effective because I don't have much time so I'm burned out and struggling and I even failed some exams 😥 And I get this feeling of just giving up Wish if I could join ur course, I believe it would be a life changer
Hi, Justin! Any tips on how to build this mental structure that will translate into the chunk map when consuming audio/video content, when you have little (if any) written material to support it? Thanks and keep up the content! 💪
Might you just probably giv some advice about language learning？ Thank you so much if you hear me. I have to say these methods you mentioned before are absolutely effective and useful but sometimes they don't work for language learning.
Well, thinking about chunks or grouping: I find it is easier to learn a new language, if you chunk vocabulary into a context/a story eg what items do you find in a living room, which verbs do you need to form activities into a sentence (like "watching TV lying on the sofa") or even a short story. Which adjectives describe a noun, eg a juicy, sweet mango, a sour lemon. Where are adjectives positioned, in front or behind a noun.... I personally want to understand a language through grammar as it provides an immediate structure. So following higher order learning (in my interpretation) I would want to know which tense do I need in that language to express an activity in a specific time frame. For example in colloquial German the perfect tense is used for activities in the near past, while in English you would use past tense. This way you discover similarities and differences between two languages or between the different tenses within that language. Then you continue with how these different tenses are formed. And if you contemplate these formations from a higher order, they won't be so daunting. The more advanced you get, the easier you will be able to detect mistakes you've been making. But the most important method for ME is to learn through engaging or immersing yourself into that language. Even from the first words and sentences, I try to immediately apply them or think about them. Hope this helps somewhat?
Justin can you please make a video for doctors specifially USMLE or other competitive exams . Here you have learn fast and Space repetition is necessary!
Sounds like you should read the table of contents to get a structure, then look at the chapters and do the same in order to generate questions and curiosity, then when you do read, the information will be absorbed and retained much faster.
Hi, could you please link some of the papers or resources regarding the learning techniques you mention in your videos? I know there are a lot of them about Active Recalling and Spaced Repetition but I struggle to find the ones linked to concepts like higher-order concepts, chunking etc. Thanks!
Hi, as a suggestion you could summarize the video in 30 seconds or less (or any number around that) and put it in the end or the beginning of the video. As others suggested, shorts seems like a good shot too.
Building an organizational structure is a crucial step in effective learning. By organizing information and understanding its importance, learners are better equipped to engage in discussions and retain knowledge. Spending time on priming and organization pays off in the long run compared to simply creating flashcards. The transcript highlights the process of building an organizational structure for a specific topic and emphasizes the benefits of higher-order learning. The speaker explains the importance of thinking about why information is important and how it relates to other concepts. By leveraging sin-topical learning and reading multiple sources simultaneously, learners can develop a holistic understanding of a topic. The transcript also mentions the benefits of managing cognitive load and the role of discomfort in the learning process. The speaker encourages learners to practice these techniques and offers a course for further guidance.
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Hey Justin please follow up on the chunk-map. I am a beginner and I was surprised that the initial one was so simple and it felt like something was missing because I am not used to it. I'd like to see how you add the layers.
I am on the 3rd video of yours. Not that I am lacking in study techniques, but I find the subject fascinating. I am seeing a pattern here. In all these long verbose, technical jargon heavy videos, there is a complete lack of “actionable advice”. It is just theory. Why is that so? Or sole purpose of these videos is to direct to your course without providing any actual value? Please enlighten us.
I just watched your "encoding" video, Can you please elaborate a little more on how someone should learn a chapter like " Gravitation" using encoding? 🤓
Hi!! I recently watched your video about mind maps and how it should be done, and I want to give it a try since I noticed that I don't really learn anything when doing linear notes, which is also time-consuming. But while searching for samples of mind maps I saw this thing called "concept map or flowchart". I want to know your thoughts about mind maps and concept maps. Are they different or the same? Which is more effective for learning? Hoping for more videos on how to study efficiently. Have a nice day!! :D
@@Khamani2Smoove do you mean doing mind maps? actually today is my 1st day of doing it. I don't know other note taking methods and i haven't tried them yet. hahaha, but im trying to explore other methods and I saw justin's vid and it interests me
I've been watching some of the material on the channel and other interviews. This is the 1st lecture I agree with what you teach. Especially the "why" is this important which is a huuuge gap in university teaching. I don't understand a word instructors say because of the "why" gap in lectures. They get pissed when I ask these questions and have no clue how to answer them. It sucks because I have to keep quiet in order not to make them mad when I'm trying to learn. Great job Justin 👏
If you’re not making flashcards, what are you using to use recall later on? I understand active recall is less necessary when you are learning things the first time in higher order learning, but you have said you still need active recall, just a lot less. So how do you do that?
In my degree of economics I used to do mind maps with a entity-relationship model (ER). For me is, maybe, the best way to do mindmaps. You can connect with logic every topic and ideas
hi...i am have been a new subscriber and avid fan of you. i admire your intelligence and the great work you've put into in order to make learning easier...i would just like to know if what mind map app is good for android tablet. thanksss
Hey Justin, how should I take notes during a lecture? I'm a literature student and often do I feel the pressure to remember a gigantic corpus of information. If I write it down, I feel good since I can reaccess it anytime. However, I have come to learn it isn't a productive habit. Is note taking during lectures all bad or is there a way I can comfort myself that I've not missed anything important and also didn't lose focus in the lecture by writing notes unnecessarily. My second question is, how do I maximize cognitive load to improve my writing-independent learning?
I guess I'd be more efficient to take pictures or if they have one, have the lecture note, just think about the alternatives (I know nothing about college tho) (have the lecture video and stuff) I'm not him and new to this so maybe watch his other stuff or maybe rewatch this video
I am really enjoying his videos, but not only is the music distracting, his long tangents without getting to the point of actively demonstrating his technique is wasting time - despite his argument of, well, not wasting time.
Im not sure about computer science but for something like nursing, This technique should be fairly easy to implement. I’d even argue this technique has bias geared towards it.
Is the background music added to emphasize particular points? Or is it just adding extraneous cognitive load? I ask because I heard the music ca. 1:00, thought "Ack. I hate that. It is so annoying." And then the music stopped (thankfully)! Different music starts again at 02:15, but sadly doesn't stop. I would suggest Justin Sung drop the background music so the listener can concentrate on your otherwise useful and well-developed content.
To create a mind map in the lecture you would do what you are doing then go in and draw links redrawing maps later that may use the chunks. How do you go on to create your maps
great content thanks for sharing I have a question when we have to memorize something word by word literaturework for example do we use the same tips that you taught us in your videos
We are like a terminator. Remember the movie terminator. The left side of brain takes info and makes it static as language math ideas The right side of the brain scans and sees everything around it and takes random info. So as you read some info is collected on left side of brain Downey California
What I learned : syntopical way of priming First establish flow from previous knowledge to add layer upon them Being able to control when u are ready to receive certain type of information
You do a lot of stuff to help active learners, but what about a video for professionals taking certificationsand work exams in short spaces of time who have been out of education and formal learning for 15+ years and need quick fix help
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What are your thoughts about outlining? Or do you have a video that covers that? Thanks for your help....
These are the perfect videos to watch while procrastinating studying..
I have been called out 😅
I am the one who changed your 69 like to 70😌
LMAO exactly what I'm doing. Spending ten hours right now preparing to try to study.
@@MBB-LLC lol me too
🤣 yeah want to study but not yet started
*The pain of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.*
Well said sir
all is less than the pain of a needle
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@@jimning463 🤣
This man definitely took psychology. The terms he uses like priming, encoding, chunking, schemas are all things I'm learning in my ap psych class
Damn my ap psych class is behind lmao
I’m in child development and we learn about these.
@Shah 샤 see bro, that's how new ideas and terms come into existence.... Don't you think, the "Pomodoro technique" - one of the most well known study technique have same kind of flashy name!! Isn't it nice that he is sharing his mind with us? Just because some things are complex and quite difficult to understand, doesn't mean that they are garbage. We should try to understand them.
And if not, atleast don't disrespect someone like that...
@Shah 샤 true lmao
@@AMJ2018 you are right as well
6:00 I absolutely love that point about overwhelm with too much information. You’re not overwhelmed by fiction because the context and story comes so naturally to us. So doing a layering approach with learning starting with an organizational structure makes the details easier. This channel puts words to problems I’ve been having for years and then gives me the answers. Thank you.
Example: if you need to read a book , you can make a big picture of chapter of the book first to structure data and be able to go in random way read in the book
I legit just saw you on a completely unrelated video, lmao.
I think I'm getting recommend what you watch.
But what if you are overwhelmed reading 20 pages regardless of if its fiction or not?
I do feel overwhelmed when it comes to pbsycial books but if it's digital I don't see how many pages I have left to read as a phsyical representation in my hands. 😅
I figured a way to make it less overwhelming over time though!
Prestudying is a pretty interesting concept. I like the idea of "layers of learning"
Bro you are everywhere. Strong the grind is in this one.
Man i came across your channle last night & u dont know how much you saved my live
For my whole live i used to study by analyzing & Understanding & doing that subconsiously
And i used to love learning +didnt ever took time to memorize just 10 - 20 min revising was eenough for the full mark
After i get to med school every one was just memorizing word by word, letter by letter making me feel the pressure to do so
And ooooooh all the hype about active recall & anki really got me..... At first it felt kinda good but less than month i felt Board & it does not deserve all the work &
time. I hated studying & felt miserable
So when i so u video it just make alot sense
U saved me from being lost in that world forever
Thank youuuuuuuuuu😔😔👏
Ur channle is a treasure
2:19
Why are these ideas important
How is each point important
How can they be grouped
what are the relationships between each idea
Goal= use above questions to make a [mental] Organisational structure
Basic flows of information
How would it be used in real life
Supplement with syntopical learning
5:10
Controlling when you are ready to take in information is a sign of a good high level learner. Focus on the Organisational structure
Thank you!
Thanks!!! Happy new year.
What is synotypical learning
@@user-yi4mt4hp8u let's break it down
Syn meaning synchronous
Topical meaning referring to topics.
Therefore synchronous topics.
It just means learning something while learning something else.
For example learning about numbers while also learning addition and subtraction.
The idea is to create a context for the information you are learning and deepen your understanding of it's importance within that subject. In this case, maths
Thanks!
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Why u make such comments on mindvalley and here also...
@@Satyaprakash__1929 he's everywhere lol
@@vane3330 if he isn't not get paid for this...then he is basically doing time waste as far as i can think.....
@@Satyaprakash__1929 he's omnipresent
As an adult with ADHD this is kinda how i approach any large task. I hate taking notes or even writing things down. I usually skim multiple sources and materials simultaneously simply due to boredom or the inability to stay on one task for too long. By doing this I naturally start to see patterns and connections between topics. Then later all the small details are easier to remember! Your video help me refine my process from haphazard to a little more purposefully. Thanks!!
Luckily youtube recommended ur channel today doctor. Thank u for this valuable info sir.. um studying biology n hoping to be a doctor... Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️
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This is very useful information. I really need to start learning like this. I have about a month of free time. I will try this. It’s going to be very unusual for me, and I’ll probably procrastinate, like I do now. I can’t even get myself to read something for an hour. But I’ll try my best to start learning like this, and try to keep as much information in my head before dumping it on a mindmap.
I still need to watch the mindmap video and some others, because I haven’t watched them or need to watch it again.
I really want to enroll your course, but of course I can’t afford it.
Thank you for the videos. :)
Hey, I just started doing the course. I want to give you a few tips from just the very first lessons I went through plus some of my personal thoughts!
When you scedule: 1. Think of the difference between sceduling your *time* and sceduling your *tasks.* It's better to make sure you're using your time intentionally, i.e. scedule tasks rather than time, rather then boxing yourself in with rigid time scedules. It's just a different focus. And 2. Think of the difference between *importance* and *urgency.* If we keep prioritizing urgency over importance when we scedule, we will keep getting tasks done which are urgent but not the ones that are important. If we turn this around and prioritize importance over urgency we are doing things ultimately more benefitial in the long run and probably scaling our skills so that the urgent things become more managable in the future.
While aiming to improve: Marginal gains are not to be underestimated! Treat marginal gains as compound interest. Find things that you can apply to many areas, many subjects, and become marginally better at them every week. There are plenty of transferrable skills you can look into or even think on the spot, I'm sure.
When trying to study like Justin teaches even though you're not in the course: Focus on better encoding. What can you do so you retain more the first time you truly study. Things like pre-studying and doing a mind map can surely help. Even if you do them badly, if you do them you'll probably still benefit more than you'd benefit from traditional notes and re-reading. Also, while you study ask yourself specific questions which inquire about the relationship between things and why they are relevant. Embrace cognitive load which comes with a feeling of confusion and difficulty. These all help for more effective encoding. Then when you do spaced repetition you need to do it less because you've forgotten much less than you usually would!
I really hope these tips help. I've always been the person not able to afford things and I know what that feels like. Also, you can join the discord! Some channels are for course memebers only but still lots of interaction opportunities. My username on the Discord is Essen, feel free to ask me anything.
@@essennagerry Thank you for this information :)
@@qu3nt0r (btw, I changed my username to Gergana in case you do want to ask something haha 😄)
@@essennagerry hey thank you this is very helpful for me as well since I am trying to develop my system using just the videos. Thank you for your information
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Orde control of the topics: FOCUS on organizing information, not in remembering it.
Sin topical reading:
- Read various sources at the same time to have more profound view of the topic
- Use the recursive and excursive properties of learning
High order learning:
- Evaluate, creat, theorise, generalise, hypothesise, reflect
- Start with high order learning and low order learning will come naturally
thanks mate
Thank you for showing us your way of priming, it was very interesting and I'm curious to try it out. And I'd really like to see your final chunk map and the explanation on the process behind it!
he always speaks a lot but doesnt say anythig
@@MrTheZephyros i thought I was the only one
i watched the video in 2x, to spend 1/2 hours studying and saved 40 hours
i watched at 4x speed and spent 15 minutes and saved 80 hours
When i rewatched your video after some time i got to learn new stuff which i don't learn previously.
I'm a CS student and I'd love to know how your techniques can be applied in subjects like Calculus, Algebra, Network, Programming,... It would be great if you can do a demonstration video on those subjects.
With technical courses its very similar just focus on application more.
@@KrazyFalcon what ics course
@@SweatySockGaming iCanStudy, he has the link in the video description
@@KrazyFalcon thanks
@@KrazyFalcon how do you get into the discord group?? I'm studyin cs myself and i'D love to know!
This is such an interesting approach to study. The traditional method doesn't work for me as I have ADHD and reading a bunch of texts without making the connections beforehand is almost useless. Thanks for the knowledge.
Justin I think a video on how and when to study the most nitty gritty details of topics would be really helpful. Like when I'm studying something like biology in my 11ths, there's like loads and stacks of important detailed information, and I'm not sure how to deal with that
I also think think the Blooms taxonomy can be used as a check list in therapy. Did the client understand or even remember what we talk about last time, did they apply any of the knowleg (do there homework). Are they learning to analyze their life, are their attributions for their problems changing. Are they better evaluating there previous implicit theory's about the world and themselves with the knowledge they have gained. And finally, are the intentionaly creating a better life - generating hypothesis about an alternative way of living, planing actionable steps, and acting on them. First with the help of the therapist then later on as thing progresses are they doing it more independently . So again I think that learning to think in a complex and balances ways about things in school can help you in the longe run with your personal life. If you gravitate towards higher order learning you will gravitate to a higher order life.
I've been following your content for roughly a month and videos like this one really help me to connect the dots. Thanks man
Thank you! As someone with ADHD studying much less staying focused is nearly impossible some days! The little details become overwhelming and make it hard to learn every little thing… and often I lose the big picture. Have been watching a ton of your videos trying to figure out how it all works before jumping into applying them to the IT courses. I gave up on mind maps the first time I tried it but am trying again due to your videos and techniques.. so far it’s helping retain the information from the videos and hopefully helps when studying for these next certification exams! I’ve taken these classes before but am overwhelmed trying to study for the certs but studying based on objective seems way more manageable than the mountain of content that is network+ or security +
@Sarah Hodgins ditto! Repetition learning has always made learning difficult
I have ADHD too and my mom always made me study in a way so that I could regurgitate my notes word for word so that's how I've always learnt. It's impossible to continue learning like that now that I'm older and dealing with much more notes. I was worried that this wouldn't work for someone with ADHD but I'm happy to hear it worked out for you.
@Sarah Hodgins Oh yes, same. Writing by hand does help some things stick for me as well. Realistically though, I know it's not the most efficient way to get stuff to stick which is why I've been looking up better techniques (and stumbled across this channel). I'd love for it to work for me the way he describes so I'm going to give it a try but I don't think I can cut out notes in classes entirely yet.
My ADHD makes it really hard to focus even generally speaking and my memory suffers because of it (since it's hard to retrieve info you were barely focusing on in the first place). Writing slows my mind down enough to jot down the important things and I'm worried that if I try to depend on my mind...which has been historically unreliable for memory and focus, I'll miss a bunch of important things in class and screw myself over. It doesn't help that we don't often get slides or notes before or after class. We have to depend on the notes we take. If I just do doodles, I have nothing to fall back on and I can't even be sure that I'll remember what my mind map means. I agree, key words in a mind map might be better to start with.
Maybe I'll test it out on something low stakes like a Udemy class or a text book. I don't think I trust my mind enough for a lecture.
@Sarah Hodgins Good luck on your classes! I'm going to test them out too.
@@ZariDV how has the learning technique worked for u?
wonderful insights as always.
You sir, you gave me this feeling for the first time in 3 years of researching how to learn: I feel like I cracked the code of learning! I am now a learning machine, making mind maps with colours and pictures of any concept that I want to understand.
I even have used this concept succesfully when I felt overwhelmed by traumatic feelings, thoughts and existential threats.
Just by organising this, I feel like I can give it a rest and I feel relieved.
I get a perspective that is much more liveable for me, then the intense thoughts and feelings that get disproportional big in my impressionable brain
@Sarah Hodgins I am also curious..
Yes please do video in the ways ur chunk maps gets filled as u go through layes...by explain a bit about everything
You should definitely right a book 📖 on HOW TO LEARN
Why is this important?
How can I create groups around it?
How can I relate these groups together?
(for keywords)
First of all, LOVE your videos!!!!! Wish I came across your content sooner. Will ll definitely be giving your methods a go. I would love to see how the mind map turns out at the end of your study session.
Such an interesting video and channel. I wish you could show your method applied to Medicine in a video, since I feel like it's not as important to figure out an order and structure, since it's kind of pre-made in subjects like Pathology, where each disease has its method of diagnosis, its sypmtoms, its treatment, etc. The structure is always the same, and that makes it, paradoxically, kinda difficult to apply parts of this method, at least to me
sameeee, I don't see any other way apart from memorizing
But within symptoms, treatments, diagnosis etc. you can find more chunks and groups. Just keep breaking it into pieces. Although some of this stuff probably has an exact method you follow every time and so that probably would have to be memorised.
Exactly. I am final year medical student. I just cram and repeat ... solve multiple choice questions and clinical scenarios
Can we still try to use these techniques and find that they work, without taking the course? Because I don’t think I will be able to pay for and participate in the course, but I really want to use these more effective study techniques.
Yeah his course is rlly expensive
7th!! and i love the techniques and your overall explanations!
Aantekeningen:
Voorstudie:
Organiseer van tevoren de voornaamste brokdelen van leerstof
Dia's:
- Gebruik de inhoudsopgave:
0 Waarom/voor moet ik elk brokdeel kennen?
0 Waarom is elk brokdeel belangrijk (desnoods linken aan buitencontextuele zaken)?
0 Kunnen deelbrokken gegroepeerd worden? (+ idem. ----> automatisch hogere-orde leren)
0 Hoe is elk brokdeel + groep gerelateerd aan elkaar en aan het grotere geheel?
----> Skelet organisatiestructuur
Syntopisch lezen (soortgelijke info opnemen uit verschillende bronnen):
- Handige manier controlle structuur (die eerst gebaseerd was op slechts inhoudsopgave)
Boek/Wetenschappelijk artikel:
- Aanbrengen eerste laag door:
0 Skim verschillende bronnen (Dit is slechts de eerste laag om bekend te raken met de stof)
0 Grijp terug op deelbrokken + vragen en schaaf zo nodig de kennisstructuur bij
Verwerken info > Aantekeningen maken, mentale relatatie ---->
Man, I'm on my first year of biology bachelor and priming really helps to understand the topic, although I spend quite a lot of time on it because I like to understand the details or else I feel like I have and half assed understanding on it;
Have more resources for a topic
Don't try to memorize or understand instead try to relate it prioritise it
I’d like to see you go through explaining one of your chunk maps. Explaining what you wrote down and why and how the concepts relate so we can get a better example of how we might think about the topics at higher level, instead of just seeing that it’s simpler. Thank you. I appreciate you very much.
Also Thank you for the quiz and pdf!!!
Don't compare your 2. chapter to someone elses 20. You might think your story is not good enough but it is not over yet. *Keep dreaming and putting in the work. I believe in you...*
Enjoyed 5uis video really explains the difference between seasons I have struggled with and others where I have found learning flows, because I haven't looked at ho2 best to learn it thank you.
When he gives actual advice rather than saying what works for him so it should work for everyone
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 📚 *Priming and organization in study can increase learning effectiveness significantly.*
00:15 🧠 *Building a basic organizational structure can enhance memory and understanding.*
00:58 🏗️ *Focusing on major concepts first can reduce cognitive load and improve learning efficiency.*
01:26 💡 *Having an organizational structure allows for a deeper and more effective learning process.*
02:08 📖 *Using various materials like textbooks, articles, and slides can aid in developing a robust knowledge base.*
02:34 🔄 *Considering why knowledge is important and how it's connected enhances understanding.*
03:44 🔍 *Analyzing emotional literacy and intelligence reveals their interconnectedness and importance.*
04:26 📚 *Synoptical learning through multiple sources fosters a holistic understanding.*
05:56 🧩 *Building an organizational structure instead of linear learning speeds up information processing.*
07:33 📈 *Higher-order learning strategies prioritize understanding over rote memorization.*
09:27 🎯 *Directing focus towards understanding relationships and groupings in learning material aids in faster comprehension.*
10:50 🗺️ *Employing chunk mapping to organize information can make the learning process more efficient.*
12:26 📝 *Minimizingnote-taking and maximizing mental processing enhances retention and understanding.*
14:04 🚀 *Advanced learning techniques require practice and may benefit from guided learning courses for optimal improvement.*
17:11 🧭 *Gaining a structured understanding enhances confidence and prepares for deeper learning.*
17:54 🎧 *Priming with a good organizational structure improves engagement and comprehension during lectures.*
18:23 🎓 *Utilizing passive learning opportunities, like listening to lectures in unconventional settings, can be effective.*
19:06 ✍️ *Quick note-taking captures the organizational structure, leaving room for expansion and detail later.*
19:51 📈 *The foundational organizational structure is critical and often the most challenging aspect of learning effectively.*
20:19 🔄 *Adjusting study strategies based on skill level allows for gradual improvement and effective learning.*
20:47 📝 *Offering insights into the evolution of learning strategies through follow-up content can provide practical learning tips.*
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Forgive my non-adherence to the conventions of the English language as I am regrettably, not a native speaker of this language, however, I want to express that, Honestly, I love your videos, I may not understand everything, but I just hope the tests in my next school will be based more on understanding the things conceptually than just having to learn facts by heart for every test... I am very interested in learning so I like your videos, but since I am not that old and my English level is still not completely fluent but just at around almost native level speaking, I will eventually come to your videos, when I actually need them for school, now I just attempt to use higher-order learning and in the end, I just learn the things by heart, I am not really reviewing my material, but since I am also learning a new language by myself daily since one and a half years, memorizing things has generally become way easier for me... However when I try to learn it conceptually I just overcomplicate the topic thinking that this is a key component and this is but in reality I just literally learn everything, so I need to refine my critical judgement more in the future too...
try to ask yourself the correlation of the questions or lessons being shown to you.
ask yourself how do they correlate & how to apply them to one another
such as legos & wiring.
Anatomy, words can overlap through bones, muscle, region & physiology can add through that
I'm 4th yr medical student in my first 2 yrs I was relying on active recall and I did just fine but now and with the amounts of material that should be consumed that method isn't as effective because I don't have much time so I'm burned out and struggling and I even failed some exams 😥
And I get this feeling of just giving up
Wish if I could join ur course, I believe it would be a life changer
Do you allow yourself to look at your mindmap while you are organising in your head?
Hi, Justin! Any tips on how to build this mental structure that will translate into the chunk map when consuming audio/video content, when you have little (if any) written material to support it?
Thanks and keep up the content! 💪
Very interesting topic! I hope he sees this. it will be super helpful when learning through audiobooks, podcasts and recordings.
@Mike Kane great points.
Might you just probably giv some advice about language learning？ Thank you so much if you hear me. I have to say these methods you mentioned before are absolutely effective and useful but sometimes they don't work for language learning.
Well, thinking about chunks or grouping: I find it is easier to learn a new language, if you chunk vocabulary into a context/a story eg what items do you find in a living room, which verbs do you need to form activities into a sentence (like "watching TV lying on the sofa") or even a short story. Which adjectives describe a noun, eg a juicy, sweet mango, a sour lemon. Where are adjectives positioned, in front or behind a noun....
I personally want to understand a language through grammar as it provides an immediate structure. So following higher order learning (in my interpretation) I would want to know which tense do I need in that language to express an activity in a specific time frame. For example in colloquial German the perfect tense is used for activities in the near past, while in English you would use past tense. This way you discover similarities and differences between two languages or between the different tenses within that language.
Then you continue with how these different tenses are formed. And if you contemplate these formations from a higher order, they won't be so daunting. The more advanced you get, the easier you will be able to detect mistakes you've been making.
But the most important method for ME is to learn through engaging or immersing yourself into that language. Even from the first words and sentences, I try to immediately apply them or think about them.
Hope this helps somewhat?
@@annvoy7698 thanks
Justin can you please make a video for doctors specifially USMLE or other competitive exams . Here you have learn fast and Space repetition is necessary!
Sounds like you should read the table of contents to get a structure, then look at the chapters and do the same in order to generate questions and curiosity, then when you do read, the information will be absorbed and retained much faster.
I have a question: what is different between related and relationship in the encoding state
Thank you
Justin u can simply put a community post for advices and suggestions or a google link separately to get advices separately from other comments etc
Hey Justin, love your videos. Would you mind sharing the tablet and program you are using to make mindmaps? Much appreciated :)
I can tell you one answer. The app is Concepts.
Any one from class 12
Raise hand ✋
How did your last exams go? Any tips
Thnx..good video..if can do upload more video about how to relate thing easier
Thnx again
Hi, could you please link some of the papers or resources regarding the learning techniques you mention in your videos? I know there are a lot of them about Active Recalling and Spaced Repetition but I struggle to find the ones linked to concepts like higher-order concepts, chunking etc. Thanks!
I might be enrolling into icsnstudy course the next time it opens, really looking forward to it
Hi, as a suggestion you could summarize the video in 30 seconds or less (or any number around that) and put it in the end or the beginning of the video.
As others suggested, shorts seems like a good shot too.
I am perplexed. Why? Who leaves a medical profession to earn a living teaching folks how to learn?
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Hello for this helpful tips, just want you to know the backgroud music is distracting.
Building an organizational structure is a crucial step in effective learning. By organizing information and understanding its importance, learners are better equipped to engage in discussions and retain knowledge. Spending time on priming and organization pays off in the long run compared to simply creating flashcards. The transcript highlights the process of building an organizational structure for a specific topic and emphasizes the benefits of higher-order learning. The speaker explains the importance of thinking about why information is important and how it relates to other concepts. By leveraging sin-topical learning and reading multiple sources simultaneously, learners can develop a holistic understanding of a topic. The transcript also mentions the benefits of managing cognitive load and the role of discomfort in the learning process. The speaker encourages learners to practice these techniques and offers a course for further guidance.
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Hey Justin please follow up on the chunk-map. I am a beginner and I was surprised that the initial one was so simple and it felt like something was missing because I am not used to it. I'd like to see how you add the layers.
Hey Justin just letting you know you've changed my perspective of thinking of learning just keep doing the good work and upload a bit frequent😉
After all of that, how do you pick out some content to be made into flashcards
I am on the 3rd video of yours. Not that I am lacking in study techniques, but I find the subject fascinating.
I am seeing a pattern here. In all these long verbose, technical jargon heavy videos, there is a complete lack of “actionable advice”. It is just theory. Why is that so? Or sole purpose of these videos is to direct to your course without providing any actual value?
Please enlighten us.
I just watched your "encoding" video,
Can you please elaborate a little more on how someone should learn a chapter like " Gravitation" using encoding?
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Connect it with something you already know and think about it terms of a larger topic and structure
I really want this man to crush the jee advanced paper.... 😂😂😂😂😂
I think he can beat the paper like kindergarden stuff 😂
Hi!! I recently watched your video about mind maps and how it should be done, and I want to give it a try since I noticed that I don't really learn anything when doing linear notes, which is also time-consuming. But while searching for samples of mind maps I saw this thing called "concept map or flowchart". I want to know your thoughts about mind maps and concept maps. Are they different or the same? Which is more effective for learning? Hoping for more videos on how to study efficiently. Have a nice day!! :D
Have you tried it?
@@Khamani2Smoove do you mean doing mind maps? actually today is my 1st day of doing it. I don't know other note taking methods and i haven't tried them yet. hahaha, but im trying to explore other methods and I saw justin's vid and it interests me
Hey you can check out his other channel called 'iCanStudy'. He went into how he makes mind maps much deeper in those videos.
I almost can hear f-word in 5:40 about the number of information
I've been watching some of the material on the channel and other interviews. This is the 1st lecture I agree with what you teach. Especially the "why" is this important which is a huuuge gap in university teaching. I don't understand a word instructors say because of the "why" gap in lectures. They get pissed when I ask these questions and have no clue how to answer them. It sucks because I have to keep quiet in order not to make them mad when I'm trying to learn. Great job Justin 👏
If you’re not making flashcards, what are you using to use recall later on? I understand active recall is less necessary when you are learning things the first time in higher order learning, but you have said you still need active recall, just a lot less. So how do you do that?
In my degree of economics I used to do mind maps with a entity-relationship model (ER). For me is, maybe, the best way to do mindmaps. You can connect with logic every topic and ideas
Obviously is a pseudo-ER 🤣 i do a lot of connections between ideas
The volume of your soundtrack gets way too loud for me sometimes. I find your stuff the most useful of videos in this genre.
hi...i am have been a new subscriber and avid fan of you. i admire your intelligence and the great work you've put into in order to make learning easier...i would just like to know if what mind map app is good for android tablet. thanksss
Hey Justin, how should I take notes during a lecture? I'm a literature student and often do I feel the pressure to remember a gigantic corpus of information. If I write it down, I feel good since I can reaccess it anytime. However, I have come to learn it isn't a productive habit. Is note taking during lectures all bad or is there a way I can comfort myself that I've not missed anything important and also didn't lose focus in the lecture by writing notes unnecessarily.
My second question is, how do I maximize cognitive load to improve my writing-independent learning?
I guess I'd be more efficient to take pictures or if they have one, have the lecture note, just think about the alternatives (I know nothing about college tho) (have the lecture video and stuff)
I'm not him and new to this so maybe watch his other stuff or maybe rewatch this video
Love your videos, but i've gotta say the random music is a tad distracting.
I am really enjoying his videos, but not only is the music distracting, his long tangents without getting to the point of actively demonstrating his technique is wasting time - despite his argument of, well, not wasting time.
Hey Justin. Please show the progress with the mindmap. Would love to see what a completed or leveled up mind map would look like.
Thank you
Hi Justin, can you make a video on how brain works in general in different conditions? Thanks,
Anybody here who is trying to develop the system from just these videos ? If yes leave some suggestions I'll give mine too .
Awesome content🔥
Hello Justin! Just wanna know what’s your tablet?:) and what app are you using? Thank you
same question here
Sometime I feel you take in breathe from your mouth Idk if I’m right I assume it to be the case . Be healthy and ❤
These are easy topics though. I need some real tips on Computer Science or Nursing.
Im not sure about computer science but for something like nursing, This technique should be fairly easy to implement. I’d even argue this technique has bias geared towards it.
TH-cam recommended me your video yesterday and after watching just one video I was satisfied enough to subscribe immediately.
Been watching a few of your vids and like your approaches. Your accent intrigues me. Seems to be a real mix. Sometimes I hear some Aussie in there.
Is the background music added to emphasize particular points? Or is it just adding extraneous cognitive load? I ask because I heard the music ca. 1:00, thought "Ack. I hate that. It is so annoying." And then the music stopped (thankfully)! Different music starts again at 02:15, but sadly doesn't stop. I would suggest Justin Sung drop the background music so the listener can concentrate on your otherwise useful and well-developed content.
To create a mind map in the lecture you would do what you are doing then go in and draw links redrawing maps later that may use the chunks. How do you go on to create your maps
I fail to watch your videos most of the times because you over lengthen your videos please be brief
How the chunk map develops in the next video>>>>>
great content thanks for sharing I have a question when we have to memorize something word by word literaturework for example do we use the same tips that you taught us in your videos
We are like a terminator. Remember the movie terminator. The left side of brain takes info and makes it static as language math ideas The right side of the brain scans and sees everything around it and takes random info. So as you read some info is collected on left side of brain Downey California
Remember me when u hit 1 million pls
Love to know there's someone out there who has a similar strategy to mine while studying.
What I learned : syntopical way of priming
First establish flow from previous knowledge to add layer upon them
Being able to control when u are ready to receive certain type of information
You do a lot of stuff to help active learners, but what about a video for professionals taking certificationsand work exams in short spaces of time who have been out of education and formal learning for 15+ years and need quick fix help
I understood nothing 🙂
Well, it's a small step
Your method is outstanding! Keep up! You will change lives.
What do you do if it’s memorize material like bp ranges for each age group and respirations per minute for each
It's doesn't matter if the screen is recorded, your explanations are always so great! Thank you so much 😊❤