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1. Teach Someone Else (Or Just Pretend To)
If you imagine that you’ll need to teach someone else the material or task you are trying to grasp, you can speed up your learning and remember more.
The expectation changes your mind-set so that you engage in more effective approaches to learning than those who simply learn to pass a test.
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2. Learn In Short Bursts of Time
Anything less than 30 is just not enough, but anything more than 50 is too much information for your brain to take in at one time. Once you’re done, take a five to 10 minute break before you start another session.
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6. Change It Up
When learning a new motor skill, changing the way you practice it can help you master it faster.
In an experiment, participants were asked to learn a computer-based task. Those who used a modified learning technique during their second session performed better than those who repeated the sa...
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3. Take Notes By Hand
While it’s faster to take notes on a laptop, using a pen and paper will help you learn and comprehend better. When students took notes by hand, they listened more actively and were able to identify important concepts. Taking notes on a laptop, however, leads to mindless transcrip...
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5. Take A Study Nap
Downtime is important when it comes to retaining what you learn, and getting sleep in between study sessions can boost your recall up to six months later.
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4. Use The Power of Mental Spacing
While it sounds counterintuitive, you can learn faster when you practice distributed learning, or “spacing.”
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A medical student!🩺 I’d like to live as simply as possible. I love reading- regardless of what type of book it is. People are wonderful, especially those closest to me. I’m determined to do some good for others in whatever I end up doing in the future.
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Scientific Backed Ways To Learn Better
- Learn faster and retain more by imagining that you have to teach someone else what you are learning.
- Sleeping between two learning sessions greatly improves retention.
- Changing the way you practice a new motor skill can help you master it faster.
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