How to Learn/Study effectively - Benedict Carey - Book Recommendations
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Published 2016-04-02
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How to learn or study effectively - big ideas
1. Vary our study routine. Studies have shown that most people do better over time by varying their practice hour and study location. By doing so, our knowledge is less dependent on the time and place and we allow our brain to perform outside our comfort zone.
2. Plan your studies in many one hour sessions and if you study longer take breaks. Splitting your study session force your brain to dig up material you already know and restore it, if we do it a few hours or the day after it does. And breaks, they are really effective when trying to solve a problem, they help loosen up the brain and help us to see things differently.
3. Avoid chocking exam by mixing and matching many problems to avoid the illusion of understanding. For technical courses such as math, physics or chemistry, mixing problems sets by adding problems from previous lessons will remind us of what we have learned and helped us match the problem type with the appropriate solving process.
4. Avoid passive studying by using flash cards, recalling concepts, explaining ideas to a friend, quizzing ourselves or working in teams. These techniques are effective for classes that require memorizing facts. It works our memory harder and also shows us exactly what we don’t know and need to review.
5. Sleep 7-8 hours whenever we can.
Sleeping is more complicated than it seems, our optimal sleeping time is from 11 PM to 7 AM and there are 4 different stages with Rapid Eye Movement that each serves a purpose.
Cramming our studies should be our last resort and if we must, we should try to do it only for classes that are outside our area of focus, since most information will be forgotten after the exam.
Facts heavy exam: we should study as much as possible and sleep early since our brain will need that deep sleep to form and consolidate new memories. Then, wake up early to revise everything one last time.
Technical course: it’s not too bad to stay up later and sleep in since creative thinking requires Rapid Eye Movement which happens mostly in the early morning hours.
For another video check out The 80/20 Principle:
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All Comments (19)
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Great animation! Been wanting to buy this book and read it, and you just pushed me over the edge - it's on my to-buy list now! Thanks for your time and effort! :)
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I'm both working and studying at the moment, so this video really helped. I was cramming info before, but have seen a difference after having breaks and reviewing notes in the morning. Great video! Keep up the good work.
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Hey LonelyBookaneer, I just watched How to Learn/Study effectively - Book Recommendations and thought it was great. I'm looking forward to seeing your next one. Thanks again Rob Summers
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What program do you use to makes this videos man! By the way I just love all of them! Thanks for the time and effort you put making it! You're gonna get bigger sooner!
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Thank you!
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Good job, man. Honestly, a bit weird to hear you speak English but oh well :p These books aren't really my type to read but still nice to watch these videos. Keep up the great work :) currently on youtube cause I've already spend my day studying, final period bro D:
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Omg I CANT BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE FEW SUBSCRIBERS like who wouldn't like your page?! 😍
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Thank u for ur tips my frnd it had improved my knowledge a lot and once again thank u with love , suganth(india)
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Good information Helpful I need to check out " How we learn" I'll share this with my students
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Your channel is amazing.
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2:17 Umm, what exactly is 'choking' in this context?😥🤔
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You have a nice material here. Could you put subtitles in your next videos, or even in your already posted videos? :D Greetings from brazil
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Hi, I was just wondering if you would consider doing 'The Art of War'?
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Did you read Tony Buzan's books?
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great .good work .but you need more subs
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Are these ideas? Or is there any research behind any of what's being said. I know some of the items are false.
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