Learning How To Learn

Why should you space out your learning?

• That way you learn more easily because your brain has brakes in between work periods.

• To become smarter.

• So that your brain doesn't get stressed and tired out.

• It allows your dendritic spines more time to grow, allowing you to remember more easily.

What is the best learning style to rely on?

• It's all a hoax!

• Auditory learning

• Visual learning

• Kinesthetic (sense of touch) learning

Which questions should you start by doing on the test?

• The hardest ones; power through the difficult part.

• The easiest ones; boost your self confidence.

• Mix them up; do one hard question then an easy one.

• Start by the hardest questions; once your stuck do a few easy ones then come back to it.

True or false; action based video games improve your ability to pick up small details and focus better.

• True

• False

True or false; during exercise it's harder to remember things and focus.

• True

• False

True or false; taking small breaks of two to three minutes every twenty five minutes while working intensely is helpful.

• True

• False

True or false; pictures are easier to remember than non picture facts. Example: an image of the school is easier to remember than eighteen squared.

• True

• False

True or false; staying up later to study helps you know the material better than getting a good sleep (assuming you have already studied a different day)

• True

• False

What is the best way to help you remember a concept or fact?

• Write it down again and again.

• Reread it over and over.

• Create a visual metaphor

• Repeat it inside your head

What is an advantage of learning things slower (having a slower working memory)?

• You can hold more things in your mind at once

• You find good simplifications that others would otherwise miss

• Things stick in your mind better

• You don't have to work as hard to understand things, it comes slower but more naturally