Rapid learner skills(1)——The most two effective learning techniques

The most two effective learning techniques

I want to share with you the two most effective learning techniques (as determined by a comprehensive meta-analysis ):

1. Distributed practice:

This is simply spreading out your practice sessions over time.So intstead of studying five hours straight on the same subject, you study one hour per day, for five days.

Distributed practice is so effective because of the spacing effect. This says that spreding exposure to something over multiple sessions, separated in time, will have a better long-term impact on memory.

2. Practice testing

This involves active learning using recall and recognition. The best way to apply practice testing is to avoid its opposite:passive learning. Don’t re-read your notes unless you’re searching for the answer to a particular question. Instead, cover up your notes and see if you can reproduce the main ideas and themes without looking at them.

This also means that if you do have access to practice questions, use them! Nothing will serve you better than doing large amouts of practice questions as the foundation to learning a subject.

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Words:

exposure:
n.
 the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation or place

Phrases:

spread out:
If people spread out, they move from being close together in a group to being in different places across a larger area.