9 efficient learning methods

Preparation before learning:

1. Establish a sense of ritual

Material: Before formal learning, Arrange the items you need in a row on the table to avoid having to rummage around.

Spirit: Go to bed early the night before studying to ensure that you are recharged for the next day.

Time: For example, eight o'clock is the official study time, so you need to get there before eight o'clock and sit in the chair to adjust to the most comfortable learning posture.

2. Clear goals

Setting goals is the beginning of everything, and the act of goal setting itself is a source of motivation. And quantify the goals, for example, the test score should be above 90 points. Most people who are unable to persist in learning will have such a situation: they have established goals but have not given meaning to them. If a goal is established, it must be given meaning. For example, "What kind of results will be waiting for me if I achieve this goal?" This kind of positive memory urges us to learn.

Maximizing learning efficiency:

1. Do it when you have time

In fact, take a few minutes after class to organize your notes, and you can read them later. You can save a lot of time when reviewing notes. To put it bluntly, it is to complete as many learning tasks as possible in the limited time. Don’t procrastinate, otherwise you may not finish something that takes a few minutes for hours.

The 2.5-minute rule

We cannot be full of energy at all times to face all learning tasks. People get tired. When we feel that we can't bear the burden, we need to relax, but the time should not exceed half an hour. So how can we re-invest in learning later? You can first give yourself 5 minutes of high concentration to think about your next study arrangements. For example, if I want to write a composition, I will think about what the topic is for these 5 minutes. Or I want to recite a text, how can I memorize it to achieve permanent memory?

3. Learn to take notes

Strive to "learn it once" instead of busy taking notes in class. So we need to master the method of note-taking:

Write down the main points: try to use simple vocabulary to improve recording efficiency; establish connections: draw arrows between knowledge points. Remember to use metaphors and diagrams to simplify information and help understanding.

4. Memory tips:

For the first time, write down the knowledge you have learned from top to bottom according to the order of the subjects, your own understanding or the relationship between concepts; for the second time, write down the knowledge you have learned from top to bottom; Open the textbook once and fill in the knowledge points that you didn't think of or wrote wrongly, and mark them in red letters; check the requirements of the subject a third time to see what you have done and what you haven't done, and then make improvements.

5. Preview before class

Preview is definitely not about reading and studying the textbook content carefully in advance, from beginning to end!

Method 1: Just browse the chapter table of contents, formulas, diagrams, and examples.

Method 2: Ask at least two questions!

Contact viewpoints:

Mainly used for knowledge that is difficult to remember and understand, or knowledge that requires in-depth understanding .

Metaphor: Establish a connection between the knowledge to be learned and familiar knowledge. You can find the most suitable one among multiple "imperfect metaphors" and try it again and again.

Internalization method: Just like watching a movie, imagine the image in your mind and add various sounds, actions, and smells to it. The more the senses are engaged, the better; the brain likes vivid and vivid content.

Graphic method: Use images as much as possible, which is also in line with the memory characteristics of the brain.

Feynman Learning Method:

The specific steps of Feynman Learning Method are very simple, just four steps: determine learning goals; simulate teaching learning method; review; simplify.

Determine learning goals: During the preview and review process, when you turn to a certain page in the textbook, an important concept that you have never seen before jumps out. Get out a blank piece of paper and write it down at the top of the page.

Teaching: You must simulate yourself as a teacher with a novice sitting in front of you. Use your own words to explain the meaning of this concept to the novice in front of you word by word.

Review: Record all the problems encountered and gradually sort them out.

Simplification: Use analogies, such as examples in life that are easier to remember, to make understanding more solid.

8. Make an error correction book

Copy the questions: If the questions are relatively long, you can cut the questions from the test paper and paste them directly into the error book.

Choose the correct answer: If you don’t choose the correct answer, you will still be blind when reviewing.

Do a good job of reflection and summary: When reviewing, think about what this question tested and why you were wrong at that time?

9. Save your energy and attention

Every time I feel so tired and bored when I check my phone after studying for the first time. Because your attention is limited, if you spend it on studying, you will lose it on entertainment. Similarly, if you choose to check your phone first before studying early in the morning, your attention on studying will also be consumed. So avoid spending too much energy on many entertainment and personnel matters. In your free time, you can communicate more with family, friends, and classmates, and you can discuss more methods and techniques for efficient learning.

Review after study:

1. Review

Immediate review: Use class notes to review and roughly recall what the teacher said that day.

Frequent review: The interval between reviews should be shorter at the beginning, and can be extended appropriately as the memory is consolidated and deepened.

Phase-based review: After a unit or a week or a month, we need to classify the knowledge.

2. Question practice

Human memory is easy to forget. Without practice and stable neural links, you will forget as much as you learn, and you will learn in vain!

x answers questions mechanically and lacks thinking;

>In order to consolidate and memorize the questions for a long time, you must pay attention to skills when answering questions, and do not use brute force to work hard, as the effect will not be good.