A Lecturer and memory trainer, Godwin Adu-Afful has shared secrets on how to recall what one has learnt. He also pinpointed the blunder many students commits while learning which makes it very tedious to remember what they have studied.
In as much as there are different types of learners and learning styles, the Lecturer spilled the effective ways to learn and retain what has been learnt for examination.
Discussing the topic “EXPLORING SECRETS TO PASSING EXAMS” on television, Lecturer Godwin Adu-Afful made it clear that learning should follow a schedule.
According to him, for a student to learn for 3 hours straight will be a self-destructive cause. Therefore, learning with a plan /or schedule is the ultimate way out.
Talking about the straightforward learning approach, the Lecturer said “When you learn for an hour, 50 percent is gone. After 24 hours, 70 percent is gone.”
Detailing the best technique for learning for 3 hours (example) in order not to forget what you have learnt, he disclosed that students should learn for 30 minutes and get up for 3 minutes (that’s a break for stretching).
He encouraged that while learning develop the habit of penning the salient points (“the key key points”) because that is what you will go over after your 3-minute break.
Explaining the motive behind the break, he said sitting for long hours (in the name of studies) makes blood not to flow to the brain effectively. “If you are not getting more blood into the brain, the brain is not working properly.”
Sitting at a fixed position for long periods affects the flow/movement of blood to the brain.
Adding, he said after the 3-minute break, you must go over what you learnt in the 30 minutes (the mistake a lot of people commit).
“Whenever you learn something new, neurons come together to form a connection. Over time, when you don’t repeat them they start to become weak,” he explained new learning and its connection.
Continuing, he delved deep saying that when you review what you have learnt within the said 30 minutes, it means you are intensifying that bond (up in the mind).
Further, he chipped in a popular adage saying that is why we say “Repetition is the mother of learning.”
For the learnt information to travel into the long-term memory, one has to cultivate the habit of reviewing what they have learnt.
Things to do to get the bond stronger apart from the repetition.
Apart from the repetitive way of learning, he added that association is also one of the powerful ways that can help in learning (remembering).
With this approach, association, it simply means that you have to relate what you are learning to real life or something relatable that you can remember at ease.
Associating what you have learnt “with a story” is easy to recall /or remember during examination also.
In other words, it means learning through visualization and mnemonics. Create mental images or use mnemonic devices to associate information with memorable cues.
Making vivid imagery and creative associations with facts helps to remember what you have studied easily.
Yearning for a memory boost? If yes, then, kindly incorporate these techniques into your learning routine to boost your memory and make knowledge “stay with you to form the long-term memory.”
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Source: Blowgrade.com