The Top Student Tier List (Ranking 27 Study Skills)
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses a variety of study techniques and ranks them into tiers based on their effectiveness. Techniques like the Feynman Technique (S-tier) and Pomodoro (A-tier) are highlighted for their ability to enhance learning. The script also critiques methods like rereading and highlighting, which are considered less effective (D-tier). It emphasizes the importance of active learning, proper sleep (S-tier), and creating content as a form of learning (S-tier). The discussion underscores the need for a balanced approach to studying, integrating different strategies for optimal results, and the potential downsides of over-reliance on certain techniques like cramming (C-tier).
Takeaways
- 📚 **Flashcards**: Useful for rote memorization but can lead to the illusion of familiarity if overused.
- 👨🏫 **Feynman Technique**: A powerful strategy for identifying knowledge gaps by teaching a topic in simple terms.
- 🍅 **Pomodoro Technique**: A user-friendly technique that helps maintain focus through short study intervals and breaks.
- 📝 **Practice Problems**: Valuable for understanding the reasoning behind correct and incorrect answers, especially in calculation-based subjects.
- 📈 **Study Planning**: Crucial for balancing study and personal life, and should answer the questions of when, how long, and what to study.
- 🎓 **Interleaving**: Enhances learning by mixing up study topics to find connections and relationships between concepts.
- 🔍 **Priming**: Underrated technique that involves familiarizing oneself with material before in-depth study to prevent getting lost in class.
- 🧠 **Chunking**: Reduces the amount of information to learn by grouping it into manageable chunks, making it easier to process.
- 📚 **Syntopicl Reading**: Involves consuming multiple resources to understand a topic from different perspectives, enhancing comprehension.
- 💭 **Blurting**: Involves writing everything known about a topic without structure, which can be useful for recall but lacks depth.
- 📊 **Frameworking**: Provides structure to thought processes through diagrams and models, though it can be time-consuming.
- 🔁 **Rereading**: Considered ineffective due to the illusion of familiarity, offering a false sense of understanding.
- 🎵 **Studying with Music**: Enjoyable but can be distracting; should be used with caution and at an optimal tempo.
- 💤 **Sleep**: Essential for memory consolidation and overall learning effectiveness, ranked as a top-tier strategy.
- 🏋️♂️ **Exercise**: Improves memory and focus, contributing positively to the learning process.
- 🤔 **Group Discussions**: Can be highly effective or a waste of time, depending on the structure and the participants' engagement.
- 🌟 **Visual Associations**: Turning abstract concepts into visual representations can significantly speed up recall and understanding.
- 🤖 **Chat GPT/AI Prompting**: A valuable skill for the future, requiring critical thinking to effectively communicate with AI.
- 📈 **Cramming**: While it can be useful for short-term recall, it's not conducive to long-term learning and can be detrimental if it disrupts sleep.
Q & A
What is the main challenge when choosing study techniques from the internet?
-The main challenge is determining which study techniques are effective, which are not, and which should be completely ignored due to the vast array of options available.
What is the 'illusion of familiarity' in the context of using flashcards?
-The 'illusion of familiarity' refers to the psychological effect where one feels they know the answer because they recognize the flashcard, rather than truly understanding the material.
Why is the Feynman technique considered a powerful study strategy?
-The Feynman technique is powerful because it involves teaching a topic to oneself, which helps identify knowledge gaps and reinforces understanding by simplifying complex concepts.
How does the Pomodoro technique help with focus?
-The Pomodoro technique helps with focus by breaking work into short, intense intervals (usually 25 minutes) followed by a 5-minute break, which can improve concentration and prevent burnout.
What is the proper way to use practice problems for effective learning?
-The proper way to use practice problems is to understand why the correct answers are right and why the wrong answers are wrong, rather than just memorizing the answers.
Why is study planning considered an S-tier strategy?
-Study planning is considered an S-tier strategy because it helps maintain a balance between studying and other life activities, and when done with intentionality, it can significantly improve productivity and learning outcomes.
How does interleaving help in learning?
-Interleaving helps in learning by mixing up the study material, which allows the learner to find connections and relationships between different concepts, thus enhancing understanding.
What is the significance of priming in the learning process?
-Priming is significant in the learning process as it involves getting familiar with the material before deep learning, which helps in reducing confusion and improving comprehension during lectures or study sessions.
What is the main advantage of chunking as a study technique?
-The main advantage of chunking is that it reduces the amount of information that needs to be learned at once by grouping it into smaller, more manageable units, which is easier for the brain to process and remember.
Why is rereading often considered an ineffective study technique?
-Rereading is often considered ineffective because it is a passive form of learning that can lead to the illusion of familiarity without actually challenging the brain or promoting deep understanding.
How does sleep contribute to the learning process?
-Sleep contributes to the learning process by allowing the brain to consolidate memories and move information from short-term to long-term memory, which is crucial for long-term retention.
Outlines
📚 Study Techniques: Effectiveness & Application
The paragraph discusses various study techniques and their effectiveness. It emphasizes the importance of using the right combination of strategies to save time and improve learning. The community's favorite study strategies are explored, including flashcards, the Feynman technique, Pomodoro, practice problems, and study planning. Each technique is evaluated based on its utility, with rankings from S-tier (highly effective) to D-tier (not recommended).
🤔 Interleaving, Priming, & Chunking: Enhancing Learning
This section delves into several learning strategies, including interleaving, which involves mixing up study topics to find connections between concepts. Priming is introduced as a way to prepare the mind for learning by getting familiar with the material beforehand. Chunking is explained as a method to simplify complex information by breaking it into smaller, more manageable pieces. The effectiveness of each strategy is debated, and the paragraph concludes with a discussion on syntopical reading.
📈 Syntopical Reading & Blurting: Exploring Advanced Techniques
The paragraph examines syntopical reading, which involves using multiple resources to understand a topic, providing a broader perspective. It also discusses 'blurting,' a method of brain dumping all knowledge on a subject without structure, which can be helpful for recall but may lack depth. The conversation touches on the importance of structure in learning and the potential downsides of certain techniques.
🔍 Frameworking, Rereading, & Going to Class: Strategies Evaluated
The discussion moves on to frameworking, which is about structuring thoughts and ideas, and its effectiveness compared to other methods. Rereading is criticized as a passive learning technique, with the illusion of familiarity being highlighted as a pitfall. Going to class is presented with a conditional recommendation, emphasizing the importance of preparation and engagement.
🎓 Highlighting, Rewatching, & Spaced Repetition: Passive vs. Active Learning
This part of the script addresses the use of highlighting in notes and its limitations in promoting active learning. Rewatching content is similarly critiqued as unproductive without new insights. In contrast, spaced repetition is praised for its effectiveness in long-term learning and memory consolidation, earning it a high ranking.
🌟 Mind Mapping, Mnemonics, & Sleep: Boosting Study Efficiency
The paragraph covers mind mapping as a potentially powerful tool when used with a structured approach. Mnemonics are recognized for their utility in memorizing lists but are noted to lack in fostering understanding. Sleep is emphasized as an essential factor for memory consolidation and learning, earning it a top-tier ranking.
📈 Homework, Music, Creating Content, & Exercise: Balancing Learning & Life
Homework is discussed with a critical perspective, suggesting it can be useful if not overly tied to grades. The use of music while studying is presented with mixed opinions, suggesting it can be enjoyable but may not always aid concentration. Creating content is highlighted as an effective way to learn and apply knowledge. Exercise is recognized for its benefits to memory and focus, contributing to overall learning efficiency.
🤝 Group Discussions, Visual Associations, & AI Interaction: Modern Learning Approaches
Group discussions are presented as beneficial when structured and composed of motivated individuals. Visual associations are praised for their ability to simplify complex concepts into memorable images. The paragraph also touches on the growing importance of knowing how to interact effectively with AI, suggesting that prompting AI requires critical thinking and clear communication.
📚 Cramming: The Risks & Benefits of Last-Minute Learning
The final paragraph debates the merits of cramming, noting its potential value for short-term, high-stakes exams but criticizing it for long-term learning. Cramming is recognized as a common but stressful approach, and the paragraph concludes with a reminder of the importance of sustainable and healthy study habits.
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Keywords
💡Flashcards
💡Feynman Technique
💡Pomodoro Technique
💡Practice Problems
💡Study Planning
💡Interleaving
💡Priming
💡Chunking
💡Syntopical Reading
💡Blurting
💡Frameworking
Highlights
Flashcards are useful for rote memorization but can be counterproductive if overused due to the illusion of familiarity.
The Feynman technique involves teaching a topic to oneself to identify knowledge gaps and is considered a powerful learning strategy.
Pomodoro technique helps with focus but may be too rigid for those who can sustain longer periods of concentration.
Practice problems are highly recommended as they reflect the format of exams and help understand why answers are correct or incorrect.
Study planning is crucial and should involve knowing when, how long, and what to study for each session.
Interleaving involves mixing up study topics to find connections between concepts, similar to a master chef learning various dishes.
Priming is the process of getting familiar with study material before diving deep, which is underrated but can prevent falling behind in class.
Chunking information makes it easier to learn by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable pieces.
Syntopical reading involves consuming multiple resources on a topic to gain a broader understanding.
Blurting, or brain dumping, can help with recall but lacks structure and may not aid in understanding relationships between facts.
Frameworking, or modeling, provides structure to thoughts and can be time-consuming but is valuable for understanding complex systems.
Rereading is not an effective learning strategy as it often leads to the illusion of familiarity without challenging the brain.
Attending class can be beneficial if done with proper preparation and engagement, but it's not mandatory for success.
Highlighting text is generally not useful unless used in an active learning context, such as within a mind map or study guide.
Spaced repetition is proven to be more effective than cramming as it allows for better long-term memory retention.
Mind mapping can be powerful when used with a structured approach that encourages relationships between different pieces of information.
Mnemonics are useful for memorizing lists but do not aid in understanding or applying the information.
Sleep is essential for memory consolidation and should not be sacrificed for studying.
Homework can be useful if approached strategically and not solely as a means to achieve a grade.
Studying with music can be beneficial under certain conditions, such as listening to non-lyrical, moderately paced music at a reasonable volume.
Creating content or engaging in a project-based learning approach forces action and synthesis of ideas, making it an effective learning strategy.
Exercise improves memory and focus, contributing positively to the learning process.
Group discussions can be highly effective for learning when structured properly and involve a committed group of individuals.
Visual associations help to break down complex concepts into simple, memorable visuals for faster recall.
Chat GPT and other AI tools can be useful for learning when used to prompt and guide the learning process, but overreliance can be detrimental.
Cramming can be a useful strategy in certain situations but is not sustainable and can lead to stress and poor retention.
Transcripts
there are so many different study
techniques and skills and things that
people share all over the Internet hard
to know which one's good which one's bad
which one's should you completely ignore
which ones you should be using every
single minute of every single day in
your life if you find the right
combination of learning strategies and
put them together into a system that can
like easily save you 10 15 hours a week
but you have to be doing them the right
way so I put out some feelers this
morning asking a lot of our community
members what are like their favorite or
what they call their best study
strategies and their worst ones I think
the worst are and so we got some pretty
interesting answers but we just wanted
to make this video to help guide some
students so s tier means definitely
definitely do it everyone should be
doing s tier stuff and then D tier is
absolutely do not do this run away run
for the hills don't even touch them do
not be disturbed by by the D tier stuff
so looks like the first one here we got
is flash cards oh boy Mike and Maddie
and flash cards go way way back everyone
remember remn note we came from medical
school and Med students love using flash
cards yeah basically what I was taught
in med school was you just make 5,000
flash cards and then you just spend all
day all night doing flash cards
everywhere you go in the bathroom in the
bathroom on in in class when you're
supposed to be paying attention I think
flash cards have a pretty specific
purpose which to me is trying to
memorize a piece of information mhm
that's what we call rote learning yeah I
was going to say like flash card is just
inherently rot learning yeah you're just
you repeating something the same way mhm
but rely over relying on flash cards
eventually reaches a point where it
becomes counterproductive MH and this is
because of a pretty well studied
psychological Effect called the illusion
of familiarity you remember that there
is a flash card that you've created
about this idea yeah and then you just
associate oh yeah I made a flash card
about that that's going to be the answer
that's never how you're tested on it I
would honestly give it even if you do it
well a c I don't think it should be a
core part of your system what do you
think about that um yeah I think uh C is
fair so the next one here um the findan
technique mhm and I think it's named
after Richard feeman but not created by
Him the fan technique is a way of
teaching something to yourself picking a
topic and then you're trying to break it
down into the simplest terms and then
you're really looking for where the gaps
in your knowledge and so if you do this
enough then you'll identify all your
weak spots and then you can go back to
your notes and then you can learn more
about what you missed the thing about
the fan technique is I don't think
there's really a wrong way to do it like
at least if you try to do it then you're
getting benefit I think the more
important thing about fan is to just
understand that teaching itself as a
strategy is a very powerful strategy and
fan is not the only way to teach yeah I
think something that fan does pretty
well is it gives good stepbystep
instructions for how to think about
teaching yeah I think that giving
structure to how to use techniques is a
great way to to learn how to use it
correctly and get the most out of it so
with all of that I would almost say that
we just transformed the fan technique
into teaching
right so what would you rank teaching as
oh definitely um s tier yeah I was
actually going to say the same thing and
we have our first s tier still right
there so the next strategy on this list
is pomodoro Pomodoro is where you work
for a short period of time usually 25
minutes you take a 5minute break and
then you just rinse and repeat that
cycle and I think Pomodoro honestly for
like the barrier to entry to do it which
is incredibly low all you need is a
timer it can get you pretty far I
actually like how like it is such a
simple tool that can get someone to
focus I do think that pomodora runs into
some issues down the line especially um
once you get more comfortable with
focusing for longer stretches of time
that you don't necessarily want to break
at 25 minutes or even 50 minutes if
you're able to like sustain good flow
and Rhythm for a long time and so
because it has that limitation of being
too rigid I wouldn't give it an S tier
but actually I would think Pomodoro is
like an a tier yeah I was going to say a
tier actually because it's a very
userfriendly technique go to cage and
.focus just go there that's the best
place to go to actually that's the best
one next is practice problems or
practice tests of self assessment
basically having some sort of material
that reflects what you might see on the
day of the exam the bad way to use it is
you're just trying to Breeze through and
passively memorize the answers to the
questions but the good way to use it is
to actually understand why the right
answers are right and why the wrong
answers are wrong if when you're doing a
practice problem like a multiple choice
practice problem M it could potentially
be five questions all packaged into one
so it's like five learning points that
you could possibly benefit from I think
practice problems are something that
depending on the subject you're studying
of course is going to be like the
default resource that's given to you any
kind of calculation based class like
math physics chemistry you're going to
be given practice problems same thing in
medicine like CU Banks of thousands of
practice problems and the reason why I
would encourage people to use them is
because that is exactly how you are
going to be tested aside from like the
does it help you learn better versus
does it help you get better grades I
think those are two different outcomes
it does get you better grades MH because
it's how you're going to be tested I
will give this an a tier okay moving on
to the next one this is kind of a broad
category but it's called study planning
and this is really just because from
Discord I got so many people saying that
the best strategies they use is
literally like I like planning my day I
like uh uh planning my next big day so
like the whole thing about planning is
that you want to have a balance between
your studying and your social life mm
your personal life right so so planning
is extremely important planning is just
one of those meta skills that will help
you just be a more productive human most
people their idea of planning is oh I
need to study sometime today like that
is their their version of planning MH
where you don't know when you're going
to be studying you don't know what
you're going to be studying you don't
know how long you're going to be
studying those are the three questions
you should definitely answer for every
single study session when how long and
what and most most people don't do that
if you're doing it with the
intentionality that we just talked about
study plan in is easily s tier oh for
sure yeah I agree with that okay so the
next one on the list here is inner
leaving so inner leaving is not really
like a technique more like a yeah like a
mindset strategy of how you can
Implement different study skills inter
leaving basically means mixing up what
you're studying so that you can find
connections and relationships between a
lot of potentially related Concepts but
you wouldn't have found that unless you
were thinking about how is this related
to something else mhm the visualization
that I like to keep in my head for
interleaving would be like let's say
that you're trying to be like a master
chef at cooking fish you know this
analogy yeah I know this I love this
analogy so let's say that you're trying
to like become the best um fish Chef in
the world if you keep cooking the same
the same dish the fish dish the same
fish dish over and over again then
you'll only get good at that one fish
dish but interleaving means you're
cooking the fish in many different ways
so you could make sushi for example mhm
you could make uh fish and chips I don't
know what that looks like fish and
chips or you can make baked fish you can
make steamed fish there's so many ways
to cook a fish and by doing it in so
many different ways you see how each way
is different you see how each way is
related to each other you can compare
and contrast which ways are easier
harder which ways are more valuable
right so all those things is what you
get from interleaving yeah and I guess
comparing the chef to you as a learner
what Chef do you think knows fish better
the one who only knows how to make
really good what was this one foret uh
baked fish I guess a baked fish expert
or a chef that knows how to make all of
these and knows why that why the flavors
of these different dishes goes together
clearly I would want that Chef who knows
the wide range of things in my kitchen I
would say as toar so next on the list is
priming priming basically means this is
actually a term that comes from
psychology behavioral psychology which
is the way that you experience something
where it shapes the next time that you
see it so with studying priming means
getting familiar with some of the stuff
that you're about to study or learn
before you actually get deep into
learning it like skimming through the
lecture slides skimming through the
textbook chapter or like watching some
short YouTube videos about the topic
just to get like an overview or general
idea about it before you go to class so
that you're not completely lost uh and
seeing it for the first time mhm you're
surveying you're scoping so many words
for it I would say that priming is
really underrated because if you go to
class and you didn't Prime the material
and you're going to be so lost exactly
if the teacher like once you get lost
you're going to fall so behind that
you're not going to be able to keep up
then most students are just going to
zone out and just kind of give up
primate can be very very effective but I
think it is actually really difficult to
do well yeah I would actually let's just
give it an a how about that I would give
it an a yeah this next strategy is
called chunking what's chunking so
chunking is basically reducing the
amount of information that you need to
learn group them together this is really
interesting analogy that I heard from um
one of the business podcast I was
listening to okay but so there are these
human beings who actually have eaten
entire trains and planes like airplanes
oh I I think I've seen this somewhere
I've seen this article wow this is like
pretty interesting and so what they do
is like they take the entire plane and
they grind it down into powder break
break it apart yeah yeah so they have
like this little container of like it's
like pepper so every meal they eat they
just sprink a little bit of the plane or
train onto their meal and they'll eat
that yeah chunking is basically just
like making it easier for you to lots of
information yeah so anything like longer
than a sequence of four or five is
really difficult for our brain to wrap
its head around but that's why if you
think of like phone numbers they break
it up into like three-digit four digigit
four-digit instead of just like 10 in a
row so they're chunking it by little
groups like that so it's easier for you
to remember and anything that you're
trying to learn is to break it down into
different categories and try to see what
is the flow and the Order of information
what would you give chunking kind of be
a tier or higher okay I would say let's
give it an a tier so the next skill on
the list is syntopical reading this is
actually something that came from
Mortimer Adler is that Mor Adler yeah
Mortimer Adler morer Adler how to read a
book so syntopical reading simply means
consuming multiple different resources
at the same time to understand a topic
so instead of just using your lecture
slides it's also watching some YouTube
videos reading some other textbooks I
know that no one wants to think about
reading multiple textbooks for class um
using chat GPT chat GPT talking to your
professor or or your classmates um that
is supposed to give you a better
perspective to that subject I think it's
incredibly valuable cuz when you go to
school your professor gives you one
point of view that's the professor's
point of view yeah if they wrote the
book then that's still that's just their
point of view that's true but if they
like assign you like a textbook that was
written by someone else then now you
have two points of view and I know a lot
of people like are averse to syntopical
reading because at least when I was in
college I hated it when my professor
would be like oh there's all these
optional readings you can do and as a
student I'm like
I'm do extra if I don't have to I'm just
going to give it a b you get pretty far
withour and you can get lost you can get
lost for sure so the next technique on
the list is blurting blurting so this is
basically another word for brain dumping
I guess that's right it's just like
you're just trying to write everything
that you know about a topic I think with
blurting the whole point of it is that
there's no structure to it the good part
about it I think is that it's forcing
you to try to recall things right you're
pulling it yeah from the Dome exactly
recall retrieval whatever you want to
say but the danger of using blurting is
like you could just be recalling facts
uhhuh and not really thinking about how
everything relates together yeah and
that's that's the problem with not
having structure but if you're just like
randomly recalling everything you know
about like Japan in a random order then
it's probably not going to be very
useful there's like no Direction like
why are you doing this mhm yeah so
having some kind of structured approach
to blurting would make it very much
would make it a lot better yeah but then
at that point it just becomes teaching
right not even as good as teaching
because you're necessarily like using
simple words uh I would probably say
like a c yeah I'm good with giving it a
c so the next one on the list is
frameworking frameworking maybe we can
also call this like modeling uhhuh so
frameworking basically means giving
structure to the way that you think
about something the most common types of
Frameworks that you might be familiar
with from anything like a table a Gra
yeah um a flowchart those are all
different kinds of Frameworks vend
diagrams love V diagrams I will also say
though that Frameworks is pretty hard to
do it is very stressful it can take a
lot of time and especially if you're
drawing it could be like what you just
saw Mike doing you could spend a lot of
time trying to draw a framework before
you even get to a shape that you like
and so because of that I would actually
probably give it a b okay what would you
say you want to go higher I was going to
say a but I think B is fair okay moving
on to the next one we have rereading we
have so I don't know if we need to spend
too much time on rereading I think the
world at this point the internet knows
that it's not very strong and I stand
behind it yeah you're basically just
wrote learning like passive wrote
learning it's passive because it is not
challenging your brain in any capacity
you're just reading words it's playing
into this thing called the illusion of
familiarity so when you read something
your brain actually believes that it
understands what you read the same thing
is if you watch something your brain
understands thinks that it understands
what what you watched for example like
if you watch a documentary you will be
entranced in that documentary like oh my
God I'm learning so much about history
an hour later I guarantee you will have
forgotten like 80% of it like the
students who reread their notes over and
over and over they're just like giving
their brain dopamine like yeah yeah I
know all this I know this so easy so
easy so easy the moment you take it away
and they try to recall it they're
they're stuck and so rereading is just
dangerous for those for those reasons
and for that I can't give it anything
lower than a d I would have give it an F
if I could like d for detrimental d d
for damage d just major damage so the
next one here we can quickly talk about
going to class what do you think about
going to class I mean it depends like if
it's mandatory or not like that's like
the thing we always see like in our
community like I have to go to class I
have to sign in or also I'll fail I
think going to class for the typical
student in the US cuz that's all most of
the students I know is not very good
because they do not prime they go in
completely blind to class usually in
college after terrible night of drinking
and partying M and or being hung over
and or maybe being drunk in class who
knows like what kids do nowadays but for
all those reasons if you go to class
without preparing without having even a
pencil and a notebook without knowing
anything it's a wasted hour mhm or or
more depending on how long the class is
yeah but if you do all the things you're
supposed to do which is like Prime and
then like be prepared and then pay
attention and ask questions then it can
be pretty useful so it's pretty in the
middle for me like I don't know what I
would say I don't know I have nothing
more to add to that I would agree it's
just hard because like coming from med
school it wasn't mandatory yeah it was
great so I never went to class yeah and
the thing is like it actually made me
more self-reliant yeah and it made me
like more autonomous with my studying
because I didn't go I'm going to give it
a c yeah c for class yeah next one on
the list highlighting basically just
highlighting over words and sentences
that you think are important yeah going
to highlight this here I generally don't
think it's too useful like if you're
reading rereading your notes and you're
highlighting important things in your
notes then it's already passive you're
not really adding much more if you're
like uh tree noting or mind mapping and
you're using highlighting like color
coding in your mind maps to to make
things pop out then I think that's
pretty useful I think what they're
referring to is what you said before you
think it might be useful so you
highlight it to come back to it again
later but that is the problem right
there if you're highlighting something
because you don't want to forget it
because you want to come back to it
again then you're just not learning then
you are basically just delaying learning
and that's D is D like you're not
learning you're waiting you're delaying
deeper delaying delay next one on the
list rewatching didn't we just do this
similar to rereading I guess we talked
about it already I'm also going to give
this one a d we can just Breeze by it do
we even need to talk about it no not
really D re rewatching is a d if you
didn't get anything the first time then
if you re-watch it without any new
information then you're also not going
to get anything out of it yeah so the
next one on the list here is space
repetition so space repetition I don't
even know if it's like actually like a
study strategy strategy it's a strategy
and it basically is the opposite of
cramming so you can be spending the same
overall amount of time on a subject but
you're just doing it either all at once
which is cramming or spacing which is
over time and what science has shown us
is that spacing is far superior to
cramming I think I'll add a little bit
to it I tried to draw a brain here I
don't know if that I mean there a shape
of a brain and I've have labeled this
working memory and this is long-term
memory those are not like the actual
accurate locations but just we'll just
go with it for now they're actually
flipped but oh okay when you space
things out it gives your brain a chance
to take the information you learn and
put it into long-term memory so that's
like you need time for your brain to
connect the ideas M to long-term memory
the reason you want to do it a little
bit every single day is because during
the time that you're not like the in
between time is when your brain actually
moves information into long-term memory
so if you don't give your brain some
time to like debrief process information
then it actually just forgets it and so
if you cram it all at once and then you
take your exam and you never look at it
again most of that stuff didn't go to
your long-term memory so you're going to
lose it all M so spacing is just like a
way to incrementally add building blocks
to what you know without losing at all
if your if your goal is long-term
retention then it's pretty high yeah
maybe an a yeah let's give it an A or an
S I mean it depends I going to give it
an A so the next one on the list is mind
mapping well basically the point I was
trying to make with like mind map mind
mapping uh is that it's similar to
blurting a lot of people want to use it
uh because it's like a trendy uh
technique but without very clear
protocol or guidelines or structure on
how to use it then you can use it
incorrectly and waste a lot of time
here's like a typical mind map you would
see it's like it's hard to know like
what the ideas are because everything
just looks so monotonous because the
passive way to mind map is like you're
just reading oh I'm reading chapter 1
and chapter 1 has like three subsections
and you're just you're just literally
like transcribing the entire chapter
into like a different layout without
really thinking about how how like how
does this relate with this how does this
relate with this one over here how does
like this part relate with that over
there it's like most people in my map
they just transcribe but like when you
have like a structure to follow that
forces you to think about information
then like a better mind map would be
like you're using Color to emphasize
like this is different from that because
of this you're using arrows you're using
different shapes like you're you're
actually trying to compare the
information to each other and see how
they're related I think that's like the
most powerful part of my map so we have
like two videos that we've made on this
already that we can link above we don't
want to get too into it but the trino is
a framework that we teach where each
letter gives you like pretty clear
instructions on how to get the most out
your my maps so I would probably just
give it an a even a b maybe yeah a let's
give it an a next one on the list
neonics what is a neonic is basically a
good way to memorize like lists of
things where you just like create a
pattern or create like a rhyme or create
some sort of mini framework where you
just memorizing a list yeah um usually
there's no Rhyme or Reason to this just
memorizing them and it's useful like
when you're memorizing large lists or a
lot of things like in med school
everyone used neonics for sure there's
tons of neonics there was like the
cranial nerves one it's like fun ways to
memorize things but the thing is you
have to actually memorize the neonic too
and it doesn't really help you use the
information it just helps you
recall it so then you fall into the risk
of just recalling isolated details and
not really understanding the big picture
M yeah I would give pneumonics to see so
the next one on the list is not really a
technique again more just what people
have to do which is sleep a necessity
yeah sleep is something that should not
ever be sacrificed I mean
ever Beyond school well I mean like I
sleep people agree that it's healthy
it's good for you like no one is going
to deny that sleep is good but I think
the the part about sleep that some
people Overlook is that it's actually
good for your learning because while
you're sleeping that's when your memory
is getting Consolidated that's when
everything that you've learned during
the daytime is being moved into your
long-term memory it's like what you're
doing right now you took the memory card
out and you're you're trying to save it
into your laptop yeah so we so we can
continue learning capturing exactly like
think of this the camera as your brain
which our our memory card just ran out
of space because the camera because we
didn't sleep I don't think anyone will
deny how good it feels to wake up after
a good night's rest sleep it is s tier
hands down yes sleep is sleep tier
basically so next one on the list is
doing homework oh this is interesting
generally speaking I disagree with
homework but that is simply because for
the most part homework is attached to a
grade or percentage and when you tell a
student they have to do an assignment or
else that puts them into a state of a
fear of missing points fomo and so they
will do whatever it takes to complete
that assignment and forego any potential
benefit of learning from it I've been a
student who also does this where like if
you have like a take-home quiz like
everyone just forms study groups and
they just share answers they just like
we just take turns like today this
person is going to do it and the next
week I'll do it we'll share it together
it's like a commune of just copying
homework and answers together MH and so
if that's the case it is incredibly
unhelpful I think if homework was
optional and or not part of your grade
and it was really just for or giving you
feedback about how to improve your
learning it can be useful mhm but for
the most part I don't think anyone uses
homework in a way that is useful you got
to be strategic about your homework you
don't have to do all of your homework
yeah but you shouldn't skip all of your
homework um how much of your grade is it
worth and um if it's not worth very much
then you fall into the Trap of like
homework feels very urgent to do but is
it actually important like is are you
actually going to learn something from
it or are you better off doing something
else to learn better exactly yeah that's
all yeah so I'm going to give homework a
c just because I don't want anyone
failing out of school because of me next
one on the list is studying with music
um yeah I got mixed feelings about this
one a lot of studies on music and
basically music is not that great but
it's just so enjoyable yeah speak that
it makes me yeah I like using music to
study I know I'm just kidding I think
that um I think that music gives you
like that enjoyability factors like I
remember I would never take practice
tests with music because I really need
every single brain cell possible if you
follow these three practices that I do
for music then it might not be as bad as
you think one don't listen to it too
loud that is very distracting two listen
to music that is without lyrics you
don't want to be singing along to
anything and three don't pick music
that's too slow because I found at least
for myself that if it's a little bit
fast I would say like between anywhere
between like 90 and
125 130 BPM is probably the best range
to be in are people even going to know
what that means you don't want it too
fast cuz it's going to get too ramped up
and so if you have it too slow then it's
going to doze you off so so what about
like binaural beats cuz like the the
point there is like you're trying to
sync your brain waves to like a certain
yeah I would I don't know if if I
consider binaural beats music though
yeah it's like sound I don't know I have
uh I guess we if we want to classify it
differently yeah I mean there are some
sounds that could be helpful like white
noise is helpful for people right music
I was specifically talking about
something that's like someone created
for entertainment purposes yeah
enjoyable artistic music is more
artistic music a c as much as I hate to
say it hate to see it music is a c all
right next one on the list creating
content super underrated actually yeah I
think creating content or reframing
creating I think creating content is a
very specific use case of it learning
through having a reason to create
something yeah is an incredibly powerful
way to learn for us at least on YouTube
it's like we have a reason to learn
because we want to teach we want to make
these videos and so it forces us to
learn a different things not just like
the study and the learning stuff that we
teach we learned how to set up our
cameras we learned how to Market we
learned how to advertise them how to
sell all these different skills came
from us trying to achieve some kind of
project which is like a YouTube channel
so I think if you can attach what you're
learning to some kind of project to
become some kind of hobby yeah like ever
since we've been creating I think the
important part about creating is it
forces action yeah and I think that
learning is taking action doing things
reading is not learning just
yeah you're just consuming things
creating anything with it yes but
learning means like you're behaving
you're acting you're doing something so
just thinking about the word create that
is learning creation is learning reading
is not learning that's all I think
that's really important distinction yeah
and it's really fun I mean I think every
human this is maybe us going on a
soapbox but every human is creative you
just haven't tapped into what it is to
be human is to be creative exactly you
just haven't tapped into what it is that
you like to create you can be like a
doctor that creates like a treatment
plan you can be like an accountant that
creates like spreadsheets it's like
creating data from data is extremely
valuable um so yeah creating just
basically means that you are practicing
what you're what you're learning yeah
you're synthesizing ideas to generate
something that came from you that came
from there um expressing that and so
that is very valuable creating content I
mean I am I'm going to say it's stier
I'm biased also but yeah it is stier all
right so the next one on the list is not
really again a technique um exercise it
could be a technique oh but yeah I mean
it's like a like a bench press yeah
exercise improves your memory and all
that stuff um exercise helps like Focus
too uhhuh so your energy levels there's
so much that goes into it yeah I agree I
mean you cover everything I would say
exercise is very valuable I it's not
like mandatory like sleep is yeah it
doesn't yeah it's not mandatory like
sleep is I say if like a b or a I don't
know what do you think uh I'll just give
it a b cuz I do know a lot of people who
don't exercise and they still crush it
and learn next on the list is group
discussions I think group discussions
like many of these can be done very very
well and it can be incredibly useless it
comes back to mind mapping and blurting
it's like you need a structure for group
discussions cuz if you don't it's going
to quickly be a waste of time get out of
hand you can learn so much like
especially if the the people you you
surround yourself with the five people
that you want to be most like it's also
yeah you're talking like a mastermind
then at that point that's like a
mastermind yeah like why did I get into
med school because I surrounded myself
with preds who wanted to get into med
school right um that's just plain and
simple yeah if you're doing it in a way
where you're just hanging out with your
buddies who procrastinate all the time
they play video games on their phones no
one's prepared or no one's like read the
lectures you get together and try to
study you will be better off on your own
versus participating in the group
because most people probably don't use
it cuz you don't need it sure but yeah
it's pretty good so you can get by
studying solo yeah it's and sometimes
it's hard to find people who are like
actually self-improver and yeah but like
Beyond school and after graduation group
learning and group working is definitely
s tier that quote like if you want to go
fast go alone if you want to go far go
together next one on the list is visual
associations visual associations is
basically breaking a concept down and
then turning into a visual one easy way
to use visualization say you're mind
mapping right and in this mind map you
have like a bunch of different ideas
coming off of this one thing mhm is
there a way that you can ask yourself
how do these all relate to each other
and can you turn all of this into like
one single picture like and tell a story
with it like maybe there's like a I'm
just drawing a storm cloud with a
thunderbolt I don't know why just but
like maybe all of this reminds you of
like you know a storm so then you would
just instead of drawing all these out
you can just draw the storm here and
instantly by looking at this one image
you will know all of these together so I
guess the the point of visualization is
you're can you're you're breaking things
down into their simplest parts and then
you're making it so that you can recall
it as fast as possible it would take you
like minutes to read this whole page of
notes but if you turn like chunks of
these pages into like a visual you know
MH then instantly by looking at like one
of these things you know like oh this
this picture means all of this stuff
yeah and just looking at it like what is
it a picture is worth a thousand words M
um just looking at it you'll be able to
review your notes much faster but I
would give visual associations and a I
would say I think it's pretty powerful
all right next up on the list is chat
gping which is funny because it used to
be Googling oh yeah but now it's chat
gping chat gping I mean pretty soon it's
probably going to be whatever else the
next AI the next AI like Bing or yeah
binging or whatever other ones are um I
recently saw this uh interview with um
the CEO of Nvidia he was saying like the
most important skill to learn in the
future is prompting like knowing how to
talk to AI I was very shocked because
not too long ago everyone was saying
that the most important skill to learn
was coding now ai can do a lot of the
coding for you and what's more important
is knowing how to talk to the AI to get
what you want when you're trying to
learn knowing how to prompt means that
you have to understand what to ask it
yeah so it forces you to think about the
information in a way like like how do I
extract exactly what I want from the AI
it requires you to critically think so I
think that prompting I guess we should
probably call it prompting I don't know
if it would be an S tier but like just
the idea of prompt yeah probably like a
probably b or an A yeah I'm going to
give it a I'm going to give it a b tier
just because it's so easy for us to over
rely and or offload learning to AI or
algorithms instead of trying to
understand ourself you come up with the
really good prompt and AI just does all
of the work for you and then you don't
have to try it all to piece it together
or learn then it could be a bit harmful
also to use it as a crutch and so with
that caveat in mind I'm just going to
give it a b finally on the list we have
cramming cramming well I mean if
cramming is the opposite of space
repetition then does it automatically
make it a D since spacing is like an a
well yeah I mean I like annais like
cramming uhhuh I like cramming in the
fact that if you are cramming
efficiently which is like I only have
this much time what are the most
valuable things I need to extract from
it I think that's a really good way to
approach learning because you are
focused on like the high yield what is
the most high yield stuff that it needs
to know mhm but if cramming you mean by
you only study for like 2 hours for your
exam ever then I don't think it's that
good the way you don't want to cram is
to lose sleep sleep is an S tier
technique and a lot of people sacrifice
sleep with cramming or by cramming I
think cramming was pretty valuable for
me like when I was in college and I was
taking like a lot of classes that I
didn't care for or that were really
boring or I I knew I wasn't going to be
using like prisoner studies or something
like that or like yeah anthropology or
something um I would just cram for the
quiz do well and then you know move on
with my life cuz it was like a required
class so it's it's useful in some cases
yeah but it could be detrimental if you
sacrifice other things I don't think
it's a good habit to get into if
anything you want to build systems that
are sustainable and that are over
inherently not stressful M cramming is a
system that is incred stressful whenever
you do it like whenever someone says I
have to cram for this exam it's never
coming from a place of positivity mhm
and it's never coming from a place of
excitement it's always dread remorse and
or regret um I I mean c for cramming I
guess I'll give it a c yeah it's in the
name we we'll just give it it's the
average technique that average people
use so looking at this list we got 1 2
three four five s's it's actually more
than I thought we're going to have
actually do we need to bump any of these
down I mean it's just got to you just
got to have your honest opin right yeah
no our this is what we're saying here is
absolute truth this is how we would rank
study skills and all those things you
just describe there thinking about the
system thinking about how do we reach
desire difficulty how do we challenge
ourselves how do we avoid you know
passive learning these are all things
that we go into very deep with our
program study Quest I think in general
there's a lot of techniques and there is
a optimal way to use it and there's like
a not so optimal way to use it yeah and
one of the things that we really
emphasize in study Quest is we make sure
that you use the techniques correctly so
that you're getting the most out of your
learning yeah it's our program if you're
interested then we'll have links in the
description below go ahead and check it
out let us know if we got anything wrong
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we missed that should be in this list
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