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Lectures Are Not Learning
Most of us believe that lecture time is learning time, but the fact is that they are only effective when one is already familiar with the material being taught.
Introduction of new concepts during a one hour lecture does not make us grasp it fully, but the hard work is to be done later when we sit and grasp the concepts that were discussed. It is best to relax and listen to the lectures with an open mind.
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It requires you to structure your notes in form of an outline by using bullet points to represent different topics and their subtopics.
Start writing main topics on the far left of the page and add related subtopic in bullet points below using indents.
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- 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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