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3) Retrieval Practice
The only way to know if your practice is working is by testing yourself. Evidence shows that testing is one of the most important factor to aid your revision and it can drastically improve your memory.
While initially it may seem better to study more, over time you are much more likely to retain information if you test yourself. This surprising phenomenon is called the testing effect!
Some ideas on how you can test yourself:
- Flashcards
- Practice questions online
- Questions in textbooks
- Getting friends to quiz you in a study group
- Past papers
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1) Spaced Practice
Evidence shows that studying your material in several sessions spread out over a long period, rather than repeatedly learning stuff in a short period, really helps to retain the material.
Importantly, it is better to overshoot the duration between your revision tha...
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2) Interleaving
One strategy for learning is blocking. It involves practicing one thing at a time before the next ( Learning topic A before B, before C forming the pattern AABBCC), in interleaving you mix several topics together (forming the pattern ABCABC)
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The Infamous Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
This curve typically shows what happens to our memory of something in a week after learning something new.
The ultimate goal to maximize our efficiency to remember something is to reduce the effects of forgetting curve.
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4) Elaboration
Elaboration is where are you enhance the information of the learning material by relating it to other information that you already know so that you think about it differently.
This strategy makes you ask more in-depth questions about how and why things work; deepening your ...
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6) Stay Curious To Learn More
Stimulating curiosity creates more effective learning experiences. This means the more interested or curious you are about something, the better.
If you find a topic boring try connecting it with something that you do find interest...
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5) Link Information To Expand Your Memory
When we are learning new information that we do not want it to interfere with what we have previously learned. If this happens it is called retroactive interference. When this happens the memory that you have stored previously for some reasons cannot be retrieved. This is more li...
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The Retrieval Practice
- Utilize practice tests: Take practice tests, quizes and other material which basically forces you to recall your answer instead of passively reading it.
- Make your own questions: Try making your own questions and encourage others in your study group t...
3. Practice thought-stopping
An important part of gaining control over your repetitive thoughts is to become mindful of them when they occur—and then practice the simple technique of thought stopping.
- Try envisioning a red stop sign, and saying to yourself: STOP!...
Note-taking tips
- Write notes in your own words. Avoid transcribing notes (writing every word the instructor says)!
- Review your notes the same day you created them and then on a regular basis. (Crammin...
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