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6. Take notes in class and review them: But don’t be passive. Don’t
take notes verbatim and just look over them, or review highlighted
text. This won’t be much help for your learning.
Be an active note taker. Try to make notes from the important points
of the class then rewrite them without looking at the notes. This
works your memory harder and immediately shows you what you don’t
know.
7.Don’t worry about short breaks or distractions while studying:
Learning scientists know that a short break while you are trying to
solve a problem you’re stuck on is one of the best ways to succeed.
When you take a break, your brain will continue to work on the problem
subconsciously, without the imposition of preconceived ideas you may
have had.
8. Create learning sessions where you mix knowledge areas or skills:
When you focus on learning one thing at a time, it is the fastest way
to acquire the learning but it can put a limit on the extent of the
learning.
Mixing the knowledge areas in a learning session – for example working
on maths, then history, then building a PowerPoint presentation about
astronomy in a single learning session will sharpen your grasp on all
of them better than if you used the session for one knowledge area
alone.
9. Increase your brain’s capacity to learn: The first eight tips are
really about how to get the best result from your brain’s current
“learning capacity”. By “learning capacity” I mean the physical
structure of your brain, including all the neural networks that
determine how well you can think (your memory, attention, speed of
processing and ability to sequence ideas).
Imagine if you could increase your brain’s ability to do those things
better. Thanks to recent neuroscience research and the conversion of
that into a range of brain training programs we all now have the
ability to improve our learning capacity.
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