Effective Methods of Learning
1. Active learning
- What: Testing yourself on the material, rather than just rereading.
- Why: Strengthens memory and understanding.
- How: Flashcards, practice questions, or teaching the material to someone else.
2. Feynman Technique
- What: Learning from teaching others.
- How: Study-Teach-Fill the gaps-Simplify-Repeat.
- Who: Teaching to someone or just saying it aloud.
- Why:
+ Enhance deep understanding over mere memorization of material.
+ Improve comprehension by connecting concepts to personal experiences.
+ Help develop public speaking and explanatory skills.
+ Effective for reviewing and reinforcing already-learned material.
3. Mind mapping
- What: Creating visual representations of information.
- Why: Effective for organizing and understanding complex subjects.
- Using this method with another one can help you achieve better results.
4. Interleaved Practice
- What: Mixing topics.
- How: Choose several topics and spread them throughout your study sessions. Related
topics are easier to get better results.
- Why:
+ Improve problem-solving skills and help build connections between concepts.
+ Lead to better long-term retention and improved ability to transfer learned knowledge.
+ Develop categorization skills.
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Data collection
- Using both secondary sources.
- Recording data systematically in the 5W-1H model.
