What happens next is a panic-induced mayhem of highlighting everything in the textbook (without even questioning if it's actually helpful). But I'm here to help you change this! Stephen Kosslyn, a psychologist and neuroscientist, divided human learning into two: “think it through” and “make and use associations”. “Think it through”: the more deeply you think about an idea, the more you remember it. An example would be “active recall”, a technique that instead of re-reading, encourages you to think about what you remember. Active recall is about being active rather than passive and the main problem with it is that it goes against human nature since we’re always looking for the path of least resistance. SAAD: Associations Options: getting good grades gives you more options either for universities you want to apply to or the job you can get. This method has been recommended by numerous productivity experts, including Stephen Covey, Tony Robbins, and Brian Tracy.

Parkinson’s law says that work expands to fill the time you give it. Don’t give yourself hours to complete an activity that should take minutes. What’s a habit? A habit isn’t a daily activity. If you feel like you have to do something, that’s not a habit, that’s a responsibility. According to Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit, habits have three parts:Next, Bowler recommends prioritizing your tasks and plans based on 1) your level of understanding of the topic and 2) each task or plan’s deadline. To do this, devise symbols that indicate each task’s priority level and write the correct symbol next to each task and plan. For example, you might write three exclamation points next to high-priority items, two next to medium-priority items, and one next to low-priority items. The second of Kossly’s maxims is “make and use associations”. Revising means connecting what you’re learning to previous knowledge. In other words, revising is about making associations and using them. You can’t expect to learn a brand-new concept with no foundational knowledge to relate it to. SAAD: Desirable Difficulty

There are two types of motivation: intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is more sustainable since it comes from the love of learning and the process itself. Extrinsic motivation refers to all the external rewards, such as grades or praise. To organize your digital or physical space come up with a system. The author suggests a ring-binder folder for sheets and a tree-like system for online/digital files.

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We've all been there: a new school year starts and there's 8 months till your exams - that's plenty of time, right? Then there's 6 months, 3 months, 1 month and oh, now there's 2 weeks left and you haven't started studying...

She did not just write this book during a busy school year, in which I was struggling to finish the normal workload of assignments, but on top of that, she wrote an incredibly useful book. Bowler explains that testing your memory and understanding is extremely helpful when studying because recalling the information requires deep engagement. Testing also allows you to gauge what you know, what you don’t know, and what you need to work on. She recommends two ways of testing your memory. When you actively break a chunk of information down into pieces and reconnect those pieces using a strongly connected narrative, routine, or object, as Bowler recommends, you’re providing your brain with a tool that will expedite the process of strengthening the chunk. Not only will this help you recall this information more easily and intuitively, Oakley explains, but it will also free up space in your working memory. Your working memory can only contain a few chunks of information at a time, so once you transfer chunks to your long-term memory, you’ll have more space to memorize and learn new concepts. Method #4: Practice Taking the Exam Over time, the horseshoe becomes tighter, until the ends come very close together. As the river breaks through, e.g. during a flood, the loop is cut off from the main channel. The cut-off loop is called an oxbow lake.Write down what your life will look like in five years if you continue on the path you’re on right now. Tasks: memorize each caliphate of the Islamic Empire and its time span, learn the five most impactful caliphs and their major beliefs and accomplishments Oakley explains that when our brain first absorbs information, it stores it as a “chunk” in our working memory—where information is stored while we process it. “Chunks” are bits of information that are bound together by a common theme or meaning—for example, the food-related vocabulary words for your upcoming Spanish exam might form one chunk, and vocabulary about the rooms of the home might be another chunk. The more we build connections between the bits of information in these chunks, the stronger the neural pathways within the chunks get; the deeper the chunk gets ingrained into our long-term memory; and the easier it is to recall the information within it. Hermann Ebbinghaus, who some people call the father of memory because he carried out experiments about human retention, discovered the forgetting curve. When you first approach something new, your memory starts strong: you revise a concept, understand it, and recall the information. But memory decays over time. To improve the curve, you review the information again, multiple times, and at set intervals from first learning it. By reviewing the information, you “reset” your memory. The more you review a concept, the longer you can wait to review it again. Eventually, you’ll be able to review a given concept once a month or once every few months. With this system, you can review concepts every day for five minutes. After each chapter, I was inspired to start doing. Her advice sees a person as a full human being, Jade knows we are not machines, and she describes techniques that are realistic and actually work.

Ever since I introduced this on my YouTube channel, I receive daily messages from students whose studying has been revolutionised by this active recall technique. Unlike passively highlighting text or rereading class notes, blurting is one of the most efficient and effective ways to understand where you are at in your knowledge – and do something about it.The author created a framework called SAAD to make sure revision works. Each letter from the framework stands for a term or concept. SAAD: Spaced Repetition. However, tasks with impending deadlines might not always take the highest priority. For example, imagine that you have two upcoming obligations: two homework assignments due in five days, and a history exam next month on topics that you don’t yet understand fully. While the homework is due sooner, you’ll need a long time to fully master the exam content. I love learning and try to improve my techniques. There are many Youtube channels on this but; I was following Ali Abdaal for long time. I came to know about Jade after she was invited for one of his deep dive episodes.