Learn to learn : A comprehensive guide to Higher order learning

 

Priming or pre studying 

Have you ever thought 💭 of creating meaningful relationships with the content you learn ? Yes, but how to do that, after watching some YouTube videos on learning and priming this is my overview of what I learnt 

1. Try it 

1st thing to find the learning objectives go through it get a rough idea 💡 about it don't try to memorize and  don't try to find the minor details for each concept get an rough idea about it. 

Try to find bold letters and keywords

Try to find relationships and create your own hypothesis. It may be wrong but give it a try and once you start actual studying find the gaps in it. By doing this we are creating a imagined story in our mind it can be true but by doing this, we are creating relevance within ourselves with the subject as once relevance is formed there is no need to memorization. 

So the first part is to scope the information for about 10 minutes. 

what to do in lectures ?

DON'T WRITE when teacher is explaining the concept bcoz WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ARE constantly LISTENING + PROCESSING + WRITING which makes our brain to shut down easily. 

so just try to minimize the notes and make it usable for reviewing and active recall.

in our pre study we would have formed some sort of hypothesis with the concepts. we need to  now find whether the assumptions or thr hypothesis made by us is right or wrong. 

Review of the entire session

• Take a piece of paper make the hypothesis pov - CLARITY Check ✅

• Find weaker sections use internet to get a robust information about the topic. 

• Create active recall questions ❓ 

Interleaving 

When you attend the lecture don't go straight to the practice questions after done your review instead just do the priming of the next concept that is going to be taught in the class or the practice questions of the previous concept which the lecture was taken on the previous week. 

By doing this we are creating relationships subconsciously every student may be doing the practice questions of the same topic which for the particular time may give a sense of satisfaction but to put the information ℹ️ in the long term memory, this is the best technique out there. 

For example - If you are learning about strategic management you can revise the entire chapter 1 and chapter 4 and then start the practice questions of chapter 1 instead of straightly going to practice questions after the end of each chapter. 

If you have to study 3 chapters in a day you can first finish concept 1,2,3 of chapter 1 then jump to concept 1,2 of chapter 2 without solely dedicating an entire session for chapter 1. 

It will be hard but the effort will remember in the long run. 

High mental effort = Long term retention 

Keep in mind 

1. Don't use it in introducing yourself in introducing a new chapter

2. No task switching don't do this technique with history and maths or any other kind of irrelevant subjects

3. It should be similar but not the same and not completely different

Questions to be asked ❓ 

Why is this important ❓

How can I relate it with new information ❓ 

How can I differenciate this from other things ❓

What is the big picture or the crux of the chapter ❓