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This
week we are giving you a quick rundown
of some study methods you can use right now and implement into your
life.
We also did a recent video on effective note taking techniques.
That was Episode 27
so make sure to check that out for sure.
I get it, you're doing everything you can
to keep up on your studying.
You are studying every night
but it just seems like all the papers
and all the exams are piling up.
This is why we wanted to give you a set of tools you can work with and
that you can implement into your life
right now before crunch time hits, because we know it is coming.
So the first thing I wanted to suggest
is before you start studying,
set a pre-study routine.
First, always study in the same
place every time.
This can help you
with recall when you're going back
and doing your exam.
If you remember the place where you studied
then you are more likely to recall the
information that you studied at that specific place.
It will help you bring back the memories of
the specific information that you studied.
Make yourself comfortable,
but not too
comfortable. You want to make sure that you're wearing something
comfortable
but probably not your PJs because you'll be more inclined
to fall asleep
or want to go back to bed. Grab a snack, grab some water, or a coffee
or tea.
OK. Now, let's talk about the
tools you can use to
study.
One of my favorite methods is
Pomodoro Technique and as you can see I have put it up on the board
here.
It is definitely one of my favorite techniques
and something that I've recently
applied to my own life.
The Pomodoro Technique is
a cyclical system. You work in short sprints and then you take a break
and it makes
sure that you are consistently
productive because you
are on this pattern.
You also get to take regular breaks
and that bolsters motivation
and enhances
creativity which I love.
So, you need to do Pomodoro is
a timer and just
so you know the Pomodoro Technique
is actually named after,
the man who invented it used a little tomato as his timer, so he
named it Pomodoro because that is the name of tomato in Italian.
So, all you need to do Pomodoro Technique is a pomodoro or a timer.
First, you choose the task that has to be accomplished.
So, if you wanted to study Chapter
1.
That
would be your task. Second, you set the Pomodoro to 25 minutes and that
is all you need to do this technique.
You work until the pomodoro rings
and then you put a check on your sheet of paper.
So, this is really important because it is going show that you've
accomplished something and
this is going to help keep you motivated.
So, when you check off a task
that's going to help keep you motivated so make sure you're doing
that.
Take a short five minute break
5 to 10 minutes is
the max that you want to go for your break. So, you work
for 25, it rings,
five-minute break, maybe do a little walk
around, take a glass of water.
Then you go back into another
25-minute session.
So, then you complete 4 of
these rounds
and finally on the fourth round you
take a longer break.
So, this might look like a 15 -
30 minute break in the end
and then you jump into
another round of 25-minutes study sessions.
So,
when you take your longer break you're going to want to
do whatever you need to do you
know re-charge. Maybe you have a sip of coffee,
go for a walk,
do some stretching,
and then that will help you feel re-charged
and then you're jumping back into the 25-minute cycle again. So,
that's the Pomodoro Technique. I
highly recommend it.
There are some great apps out there
that you can use
to time.
You can always just use
your phone, your timer
on your phone if you like as well.
So, I wanted to also discuss,
beware of the forgetting curve.
As you can see I have made note of it right here.
When you're learning new information there is a tendency to forget.
At the beginning of
when you learn new information this tendency is very steep.
Forgetting naturally occurs
when there's no attempt to retain the
information.
When you're studying make sure review your
notes every 20 minutes to
help you retain information.
So, you read something over, and then you want to review it again 20
minutes later.
You can also
use other interesting strategies
like certain scents.
So, for example you wore a certain perfume
or burn a certain candle when you're studying
and you're studying a specific topic and that can actually trigger your
memory because it will be
associated
with other things in your surroundings.
Sitting
in the same spot,
as I already mentioned,
or listening to classical music,
these are all ways to stimulate
those other areas of the brain
and help you to retain information and make your memories more vivid.
So, check that out.
The stronger the memory,
so when you're adding these other aspects in it is going to become a
stronger memory,
so, I really recommend doing this
because the stronger the memory the more you are going
to retain it.
Finally,
we will talk about the use
of spaced repetition.
This is also
a really great study strategy. Spaced repetition is a practice
which gives the brain exercise spacing out the information in
longer intervals of time.
OK. So,
according to research done on the most
effective way to learn,
spaced repetition allows us to retain information for
longer periods of time.
So, that means that
we will not only remember the things
that we learn for the exam, we
will remember them when our degree is completed.
So, oftentimes we study just to pass an exam
but if you're in a professional field you really want to retain that
information this can be a
helpful mechanism to use.
So, spaced repetition works by asking you to review information at 182 00:07:30,634 --> 00:07:30,633 increasingly long intervals because that help your brain to remember it.
You
can set up a system by
yourself, but there are now lots
of online applications that you can
use that you can set up on your phone or your computer.
Deck which is a series of online flashcards. So,
this is a great way to set this up
for you and it is also
already broken down into the spaced repetition method.
But,
as I mentioned you can do it on your own.
If you want set up
on your own, you can use flash cards organized in a box.
Pretty basic, but it really works.
Create sections based on which information
you know most
and which information you know least.
Set up a schedule for when you will revise
the cards in each
section of your box.
If you answer the card correctly
you put it into section that you will revisit less frequently.
So that would go in the section of information that you already know
pretty well. Whereas
if you get the answer wrong you're going
to put it back in the information
that needs to be re-visited more
frequently.
So, then is going to space out the time
between when you
are learning the information you know
more readily
and it is going to give your brain a chance to learn the new information
that you are not as familiar with.
Spaced repetition takes advantage of
the way your brain stores information
and it can be more effective than notetaking
and other ways of studying
So, I highly recommend this.
Check it out online there's lots of information out there.
Finally, I want to share an interesting
tidbit that I learned while I was doing research
for this.
The Times New Roman font is the
easiest font to retain and read. Because it is easier to read, if you
write notes in this font
you will be able to read faster
and more efficiently
and it will stay in your brain longer.
So, it's interesting
because I'm not a huge fan of Times New Roman font.
However,
if you are in academia you will recognize
that most professors
get you to write in Times New Roman.
So, I thought that was really interesting
technique. So, try typing your notes in Times New Roman
and see if it has any effect on
your retention.
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