<ul><li>Note making takes up a lot of time.</li><li>It is a passive way of revising as your brain does not put much effort in.</li><li>It makes you feel productive when it helps very little.</li></ul>

Notes Might Be A Waste Of Time

<ul><li>Making your brain more Active.</li><li>Time spent on making notes can be used for making questions. After going through your topic of study answer those questions.</li><li>The harder your brain works the more it remembers.</li><li>This method can be faster and Much More Effective than note making or highlighting.</li></ul>

Study Less But Better With Active Recall

<ol><li>Read the study topic while making questions</li><li>Answer the questions on the day of reading the topic</li><li>Answer the question 3 days later</li><li>Answer them 1 week later</li><li>Answer them 1 month later</li></ol>

Space Reptition: Manage Your Study While Improving It

🎬 Check out my FREE 36-video online class on how to study for exams - https://skl.sh/2UOx68x Today we're learning how to study for exams with scientifically-proven techniques. We start by talking about why rereading, highlighting and summarising are pretty inefficient, and then talk about the evidence behind Active Recall as the most efficient revision technique. We end with a few suggestions as to how to incorporate Active Recall into your study routine. Enjoy xx TIMESTAMPS: 1. 01:29 - Popular but inefficient technique #1 - Rereading 2. 03:29 - Popular but inefficient technique #2 - Highlighting 3. 04:51 - Popular but inefficient technique #3 - Summarising 4. 06:42 - Active Recall, and the evidence behind why it's the most effective revision strategy. 5. 09:18 - Study #1 - Spitzer 1939 6. 10:22 - Study #2 - Butler 2010 7. 11:16 - Study #3 - Karpicke & Blunt 2011 8. 13:41 - Specific, practical strategies for incorporating Active Recall into your revision / study routine. 9. 14:19 - Strategy #1 - Anki flashcards 10. 16:07 - Strategy #2 - Closed-book spider diagrams 11. 17:33 - Strategy #3 - Questions instead of notes, the Cornell note-taking system 12. 19:18 - Summary and closing remarks LINKS: If you’re actually interested in looking up these studies, the Dunlosky review paper (Link #1 below) is probably the best place to start. The references section there is full of useful links, all of which i cba to include in this video description :) 1. Dunlosky et al 2013 - [Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. - PubMed - NCBI](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26173288) 2. Karpicke 2016 - [A powerful way to improve learning and memory](http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2016/06/learning-memory.aspx) 3. Spitzer 1939 - http://www.gwern.net/docs/spacedrepetition/1939-spitzer.pdf 4. Butler 2010 - http://sites.utexas.edu/mdl/files/2016/06/Butler2010.pdf 5. Karpicke & Blunt 2011 - [Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping | Science](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/331/6018/772.full) 6. Anki - [Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards](https://apps.ankiweb.net) 7. Make it Stick - http://geni.us/MakeItStickBook 8. Podcast episode with the author of 'Make it Stick' - https://www.artofmanliness.com/2018/03/06/podcast-385-make-stick/ -------- MY FREE ONLINE COURSES: 🚀 Productivity Masterclass - Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/productivity 🎬 Video Editing with Final Cut Pro X - From Beginner to YouTuber - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/video-editing 🎓 How to Study for Exams - An Evidence-Based Masterclass - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/studying 😃 How to be Happier - Stoicism Masterclass - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/stoicism TOOLS OF THE TRADE: 🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear - https://kit.co/AliAbdaal ⌨️ My Keyboard - Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) - https://go.aliabdaal.com/keyboard 📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector - Paperlike - https://go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike 🎒 My Desk Accessories + Todo List - Ugmonk - https://go.aliabdaal.com/ugmonk 📚 How I remember what I read - Readwise - https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Where I get my Music (amazing for YouTubers) - https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound 🌐 My website platform (Ghost) - https://go.aliabdaal.com/ghost OTHER RECOMMENDED COURSES 📔 Effortless Output with Roam Research - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/roam 📓 Building a Second Brain - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/basb 🎙My weekly podcast - https://www.youtube.com/c/notoverthinking My brother and I host a weekly podcast where we discuss happiness, creativity and the human condition. You can find it by searching “Not Overthinking” on any podcast app (eg: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts etc). BE MY FRIEND: 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://aliabdaal.com/friendzone 🌍 My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 🎮 Twitch - https://twitch.tv/aliabdaal WHO AM I: I'm Ali, a junior doctor working in Cambridge, UK. I make videos about medicine, technology, productivity and lifestyle design. I also have a weekly podcast with my brother (https://www.youtube.com/c/notoverthinking), and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (https://aliabdaal.com/friendzone). 🌍 My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com GET IN TOUCH: If you’d like to talk, I’d love to hear from you. Tweeting @AliAbdaal directly will be the quickest way to get a response, but if your question is very long, feel free to email me at hi@aliabdaal.com. I try my best to reply to things but there sadly aren't enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭 PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

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🎬 Check out my FREE 36-video online class on how to study for exams - https://skl.sh/2UOx68x 

Today we're learning how to study for exams with scientifically-proven techniques. We start by talking about why rereading, highlighting and summarising are pretty inefficient, and then talk about the evidence behind Active Recall as the most efficient revision technique. We end with a few suggestions as to how to incorporate Active Recall into your study routine. Enjoy xx

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My Favourite Note-Taking App for Students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONG26-2mIHU&t=35s

TIMESTAMPS:

1. 01:29 - Popular but inefficient technique #1 - Rereading
2. 03:29 - Popular but inefficient technique #2 - Highlighting
3. 04:51 - Popular but inefficient technique #3 - Summarising
4. 06:42 - Active Recall, and the evidence behind why it's the most effective revision strategy.
5. 09:18 - Study #1 - Spitzer 1939
6. 10:22 - Study #2 - Butler 2010
7. 11:16 - Study #3 - Karpicke & Blunt 2011
8. 13:41 - Specific, practical strategies for incorporating Active Recall into your revision / study routine.
9. 14:19 - Strategy #1 - Anki flashcards
10. 16:07 - Strategy #2 - Closed-book spider diagrams
11. 17:33 - Strategy #3 - Questions instead of notes, the Cornell note-taking system
12. 19:18 - Summary and closing remarks

LINKS:
If you’re actually interested in looking up these studies, the Dunlosky review paper (Link #1 below) is probably the best place to start. The references section there is full of useful links, all of which i cba to include in this video description :)

1. Dunlosky et al 2013 - [Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology.  - PubMed - NCBI](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26173288)
2. Karpicke 2016 - [A powerful way to improve learning and memory](http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2016/06/learning-memory.aspx)
3. Spitzer 1939 - http://www.gwern.net/docs/spacedrepetition/1939-spitzer.pdf
4. Butler 2010 - http://sites.utexas.edu/mdl/files/2016/06/Butler2010.pdf
5. Karpicke & Blunt 2011 - [Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping | Science](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/331/6018/772.full)
6. Anki - [Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards](https://apps.ankiweb.net)
7. Make it Stick - http://geni.us/MakeItStickBook
8. Podcast episode with the author of 'Make it Stick' - https://www.artofmanliness.com/2018/03/06/podcast-385-make-stick/

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