Science-based techniques can help you learn more effectively.
Science has revealed how to accelerate the learning process, with exercise, multimedia learning, and more.In my first year of high school, my father was summoned to my counselor’s office. He was advised to remove me from high school as I would likely not graduate.
And if I did graduate, I would certainly never be accepted into college. It seems I was simultaneously burdened with two debilitating syndromes — dyslexia and. So, while my academic performance was short of outright failure, my prognosis did not seem very positive to my teachers at the time. Against my counselor’s advice, my father insisted I continue in high school. My father delayed telling me about his encounter with my counselor until my graduation, but it wasn’t my high school graduation. My father decided to reveal his encounter with my counselor only when I reached the age of 27 and had just completed my first doctoral training program. What happened? Now, many years later, having been a professor at two of the leading universities in the world and the author of over 20 books I look back and try to answer the question “What happened?”Learning How to Learn, is a national best-seller and her MOOC of the same name has been accessed by over 4 million learners. In her interview, her book, and her MOOC, Oakley describes how she went from an 18-year-old military recruit who hated math to a professor of engineering. What happened? She unravels the mysteries of learning. She describes how to harness an understanding of how the brain works so as to help you become a super learner. Most importantly, however, her message is a message of hope for all of us, especially those of us challenged by formalInterestingly, my own personal journey with learning seems like a confirming case study of many of the techniques advocated by Oakley. Here are several techniques that appear to accelerate learning andModerate physical exercise prior to taking a test appears to enhance test performance. Try the Pomodoro Technique, wherein you engage in highly focused study, but only for 25 minutes. Then relax for 10-15 minutes. Then repeat. Try “pre-sleep learning” . This technique involves studying a problem as you literally fall asleep. The technique is purported to enhance retention and creativity. It was used by Thomas Edison and by Friedrich Kekulé, the chemist who famously envisioned a snake biting its own tail as an analogue for the structure of benzene. And it helped write a textbook that has been in print 45 years . Multimedia learning involves taking the material to be learned and converting it into multiple media, such as a) text material, b) listening to an audio presentation of the same text, c) converting the text into a rhythmic poetic cadence, d) combining the text with music, and e) even converting key concepts into representative pictures. Use a four-step active learning process: a) study the material for 25 minutes, b) reduce the material to an outline of only the key points, c) close your eyes and relax for 10 minutes, and finally d) have someone quiz you on the material just learned. Lastly, harness the Pygmalion Effect. Find a friend or mentor who believes in you and who will support you in difficult times but most importantly be a relentless advocate and source of encouragement. These techniques may be useful because they harness several mechanisms known to facilitate learning, especially overcoming barriers to the learning process neuroplasticity . They seem to facilitate neuroplasticity, wherein the brain reorganizes itself in order to understand and retain new material. Physical exercise, pre-sleep learning , and repetition are all associated with enhanced learning, likely predicated upon increases in brain-derived neurotropic factor. Multi-media learning is associated with the recruitment of varied and diverse brain regions serving to complement and enhance the learning process.. The belief and expectations that a teacher, coach, mentor, or parent have for their students can significantly impact who those students become. Regardless of what kind of learner you were born, you can be better at it because whatever brain you have, you can make it better – my own journey would seem to support such a conclusion. Everly, GS, Jr. & Lating, JM . Clinical guide to the treatment of the human stress response, 4th ed. NY: S[pringer. Learning how to learn: How to succeed in school without spending all your time studying; a guide for kids and teensWhatever your goals, it’s the struggle to get there that’s most rewarding. It’s almost as if life itself is inviting us to embrace difficulty—not as punishment but as a design feature. It's a robust system for growth.Self Tests are all about you. Are you outgoing or introverted? Are you a narcissist? Does perfectionism hold you back? Find out the answers to these questions and more with Psychology Today.
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