So what if I told you that you could cover twice as
much in half the amount of time and be much more effective. Today I'm going to
tell you how to study smart and not hard and give you 10 proven scientific
techniques to do that.
Tip 1
You can start by the study for 25 minutes, in that take
a five-minute break, and then repeat this three times over and then take a
longer break. 25 minutes may not be your perfect chunk of time. So how do you
find your attention span? I would take up a book and start reading and the
moment I find myself getting distracted or dozing off, I'll press that timer
and bingo that's my perfect chunk of time. Now chances are that when you
complete that single chunk of time which could be 25 minutes. For example, you
haven't totally finished that topic of concept and that's actually a good thing
because now the Zeigarnik effect will come into play which states that the
human brain tends to remember incomplete and unfinished tasks much better than
it does complete tasks. So while you take that five-minute break your brain is
going to process that unfinished task or concept and when you get back to it in
the second lot of 25 minutes you're going to have much more clarity.
Tip-2
Smart study technique number two is called 20% read
80% recite. Now sometimes I find that we read the entire day, we go from one
subject to the next but we are either reading from a book or from a laptop and
the brain gets so bone tired that it totally stops paying attention. Now how
about this you read a concept, close your book ask yourself a question, and try
to answer it without opening that book. Later, try to remember back in your own
words and related back to a concept. Perhaps, that you've learned some time
back and the perfect smart study. Tip is 20% read 80% revise if you try to come
up with your own examples to understand every concept you will never forget back.
You can check this with your teacher whether your examples are relevant for
that concept.
Tip-3
Smart study scientific tip number 3 is called spaced
repetition. Now instead of spending the entire day going over one single topic,
how about you study one concept and then change the topic and you come back
maybe later or the next day and go over that concept a little bit and then
switch to the next concept. So what will happen is that you'll repeat that
concept over a few days and a few times and that is what we call spaced
repetition. Now the mind learns the concept better when you go over it over and
over again rather than spending a large amount of time on a single day trying
to attack that concept. Also, varying topics and even subjects help the brain
sometimes to interlink concepts between topics and subjects. That's a great way
also to solidify your understanding.
Tip-4
Smart study scientific tip number four is called
notes. Now one really clever way to save your time it's to go over your class
notes. All you need to do is to just browse over those notes. Put whatever is still
stuck in your head that you haven't been able to write it down put all that information
quickly on the paper. So when you go back later on and open those notes they'll
be complete and this is one really special smart study tip that'll help you
save a huge amount of time.
Tip-5
Smart study scientific technique number five is
called a study like a teacher. Now instead of studying like a student and trying
to remember this ton of information, how about you think like a teacher? Now
two things will happen, when you do that one is you'll begin to anticipate
which are the important questions really from that topic and two, of course, it
has been scientifically proven that teaching someone helps you learn better. The
smart study tip here is to teach. Test mix teaches someone means test yourself
frequently which means take a lot of practice tests or mock tests and mix means to mix up your subjects. Mix up your topics and if you don't find anyone to teach;
teach your favorite stuff toys.
Tip-5
Smart study scientific tip number six is called “3 R”.
This is a technique that's gonna help you get the most out of your textbook. So
when you pick up the textbook; first survey the chapter. Just go over and browse
all the pages in that chapter. Go right to the question section for questions.
Go over the questions just read them once before you start reading the chapter.
The 3 R's are read recite and review. Read, recite go back to 20%. Read 80%
then again recite, then follow tip number 2. The review goes back to the spaced
repetition. So when you pick up your textbook; Browse, go to the questions, come
back and read. Shut your book and ask yourself a question and recite. Then review
over a period of time.
Tip-7
Smart study technique number seven is called mnemonics.
I'm going to tell you not only to use mnemonics but you can also use coined
sayings and image associations. The smart study tip here is that the weirder
the image the stronger the association. Let's talk about coined sayings. Coined
sayings for example are sohcahtoa. Remember using that in trigonometry to
remember your sin-cos and tan.
Tip-8
Smart study tip number eight is called the place. Now
some people will tell you that you should sit in a fixed place with the table
lamp on in. The same place every single time to study is best. I don't believe
in that. Some people work better when they study on a fixed place at a fixed
time with the table lamp on. Some people don't. Some people like to move
around, they like to go to different places. They like to have some action when
they are learning. The important thing is to find the place that is for you which works
best for you. Once you figure out what kind of places you like to study in, just
stick to that. Let nobody tell, you just stick to only a particular type of place.
Tip-9
Smart study tip number nine is called time table. There
is no smarter tip than planning to plan your week plan or your day. In fact, plan
down to the last hour and you'll be surprised at how much you can achieve
because the brain is more productive as it knows exactly what it has to do and
for how long. We have some great timetables for you in another, students
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Tip-10
Smart study technique number ten is called sleep. Now
some of you will ask me should I study late in the night or should I study early
in the morning? There is no right answer. The right answer is that sleep is
brain food. So you need at least about 7.5 hours of sleep every day and
typically 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. is a great slot. Remember that if you have a theory
exam the next day it has been scientifically proven that the earlier you sleep
in the night the better you tend to perform. So if some of you feel that you're
wasting time sleeping and instead of studying for that one hour, then I just
say study for that extra one hour you'll find it to be completely counterproductive.
So sleep and sleep well before an exam is my super smart study tip number ten.
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