Day 4: Spacing & Timing RevisionSpacing<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The more you have studied → the less you need to repeat it (spacing)</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Cramming for a test is a terrible idea for long-term learning</li></ul>Timing Revision<ul><li>Column Topic: Each Chapter or Lecture you need to study</li><li>Column Reviews: The day when you are studying the topics</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Color coding: Green (Easy), Yellow (Challenging), Red (Hard)</li></ul>

How to remember what we learn

Day 1: Structuring ConnectionsMaking connections between new information and what you already know.<ul><li>Compare & Contrast: Compare similarities & differences between concepts</li><li>Part-Whole: Big idea→ Medium Idea→ Small Basic Idea</li><li>T-tree: Recognize the levels of hierarchy</li></ul>

How to understand better

Don't rewrite your whole lecture, use less words, group ideas and more pictures and visuals.

TAKE MEANINGFUL NOTES

Day 5: Active Learning & TestingTesting → Spaced Repetition<ul><li>Evaluate your performance when you practice test problems</li></ul>Day 6: Long-Term MemorizationMnemonics<ul><li>Helps to remember chunks of information that are related.</li></ul>Day 7: Boost Concentration<ul><li>Take breaks to move your body and avoid burn out</li><li>The breaks should be the Study Session divided by 4</li></ul>

Learning:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Understanding 》Get the information into your brain</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Remembering 》Retrieve the information to solve problems</li></ul>Mistakes:<ul><li>Spending too much on understanding phase</li><li>Try to remember before understanding</li><li class="ql-align-justify ql-indent-1"> 	 Study Smart: What to study → How to study?</li></ul>

How the Brain learns

Teaching: Messy associations → More comprehensible infoWhole-Part-Whole<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Whole: Understand the process</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Part: Explain some details of the process</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Whole: Answer → Why do the details matter to the process?</li></ul>The Feynam Tecnique is explained in the image aboveDay 3: Deeper UnderstandingMixingApproach the materials from multiple angles<ul><li>Read books about it, Watch a video on youtube, Have a study group, and Research papers.</li></ul>Mixing to learn multiples topics at once<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Studying many topics at the same day → Break study blocks Instead of studying a topic for 3 hours → Study the 3 topics for 1 hour and repeat 3 times</li></ul>

Day 2: Techniques for understanding deeper

When it comes to efficient studying, use the techniques that actually work such as spaced repetition, active recall, memory palaces, mnemonics, mind maps, and spider diagrams.

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