Effective self-study is a major project requiring a significant investment of time and energy. Below mentioned are the experiences which help how to learn, memorise, and speed study to improve study habits, study methods, study skills, and help with test preparation and learning skills.
1. Study in short but with frequent sessions
A distributed learning approach is highly efficient because it honours the way the brain likes to work. It has been proven that short bursts of concentration repeated frequently are much more effective than one long session. Even if we only have 10 minutes, try to do it, take a break and then study another 10 minutes.
2. Take guilt-free days of rest
On days off from studying do not feel bad about taking a break. This follows the same principle as above, but on a longer, daily time cycle. The reason for resting is to refresh oneself because if you feel guilty then your precious rest period has been used to create more stress and your brain will not absorb new data if it is stressed.
3. Honour your emotional state
Forcing yourself to sit and study when your mind is on other things is a complete waste of time. If you are emotionally stressed, your brain literally repels data. Do not study if you are tired, angry, distracted, or in a hurry. When the brain is relaxed, it is like a sponge and it naturally absorbs information without effort.
4. Same day review is a MUST
A quick review later in the day will tend to cement information in your brain. In the next study session, you will recognise it and it will seem easy. When you learn something new, try to go over the points the same day. If you wait a few days and then make efforts to review the material, it will seem much less familiar.
5. Observe and apply the natural learning sequence
When you study, if you try first to grasp the big picture and then fill in the details, you often have a more likely chance of success because natural learning sequences like moving from large to small, coarse to fine are more effective.
6. Prepare a study environment
Try to always make this a priority if there are any elements in the environment which help in study. For example, special lighting, silence, music, privacy, etc. We need to pay attention to what works for us and repeat it each time we study for best success.
7. Respect 'brain fade'
It is normal for the brain to have an attrition rate and to forget things. As we place more information on top, the lower levels become older and less available to our immediate recall. The trick here is simply to review. Since we can anticipate the eventual fading of our memory, creating a review aspect to our study session will solve the problem. Once every two or three study sessions, simply review older material that you will be still needing to remember.
8. Create a routine for study
If we schedule certain times of the day to study, we will get into a routine and accomplish more. If we just 'fit it in' during a day, chances are that there will never be any time. An effective way to do this is to literally mark it down in your calendar as if you have an appointment, like going to the doctor.
9. Set reasonable goals
One of the main reasons people do not reach their goals is because they set them too high. If you set goals that are manageable, even if they seem too simple, you get in the habit of accomplishing them and gradually you can set higher goals. Also, recognise the difference between long-term and short-term goals. Set your vision on the long-term dream, but your day-to-day activity should be focused exclusively on the short-term, enabling steps.
10. Avoid the frustration enemy
The quicker the person’s nervous system, the faster they learn. Yet, this fast nervous system also works overtime in being self-critical. So they are the ones who always think they aren’t going fast enough! In contrast, the less intense person who learns slower yet is more self-accepting, ends up ultimately learning the material in a shorter period of time. This is because he/she doesn’t waste energy blocking, getting upset, and thinking that they’re not good enough — they simply keep moving forward at a slower (but unblocked) pace
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