The BEST way to learn anything: my Learning System for students!
Summary
TLDRIn this educational video, June, a Dean's List biomed engineering student, introduces a four-stage learning system to enhance academic performance. The stages include priming to understand the topic's big picture, in-class note-taking to facilitate learning, immediate post-class review to solidify understanding, and revision using active recall techniques. June emphasizes the importance of creating meaningful connections with the material for efficient and effective learning, ultimately leading to better grades with less time spent studying.
Takeaways
- 📚 The Learning System is broken down into four stages: priming, in-class notes, post-class immediate review, and revision, aimed at maximizing understanding and retention of information.
- 🧠 Priming involves understanding the big picture of a topic before class to create relevant connections in the brain, improving deep understanding and memory retention.
- 🌟 An analogy for priming is preparing a Lego set by studying the box first, which helps in quickly assembling the pieces with understanding and purpose.
- 📈 The speaker uses the topic of fashion as a relatable example to demonstrate the priming process, emphasizing the importance of categorizing and relating concepts for better understanding.
- 📝 In-class notes should be a facilitation tool for learning, focusing on annotating a pre-made diagram, noting key observations, and formulating active recall questions rather than transcribing every detail.
- ❓ Active recall is a learning strategy that involves forcibly retrieving information without looking at the source material, which is crucial for deeper learning and understanding.
- 🛠 Post-class immediate review involves cleaning up notes and practicing active recall questions to identify strengths and weaknesses for further study.
- 🔍 Revision stage involves creating an optimized diagram for quick reference and understanding, and applying active recall through various techniques such as the blurting method, the Feynman technique, and practice tests.
- 🗓️ The script suggests that the Learning System should be implemented with a revision timetable that includes spaced repetition, optimal breaks, and active recall applications.
- 🎓 The ultimate goal of the Learning System is to achieve better grades while spending less time studying by effectively processing and understanding the material through the four stages.
- 🔑 The speaker hints at a future project that will serve as a tool to facilitate the Learning System, indicating a commitment to helping others implement these learning strategies.
Q & A
What are the four stages of the learning system introduced by June in the video?
-The four stages of the learning system are priming, in-class notes, post-class immediate review, and revision.
Why is the priming stage important according to June?
-The priming stage is important because it helps to understand the big picture of the topic before going into class, which improves the brain's ability to deeply understand and remember information by creating relevant connections.
What analogy does June use to explain the concept of priming?
-June uses the analogy of building a Lego set, where studying the front of the box before starting helps to understand how each piece fits into the overall picture.
How does June suggest organizing information during the priming stage?
-June suggests creating a list of key concepts, grouping similar concepts together, and then organizing these groups in a way that is personally relevant to understand how they relate to each other.
What is the purpose of creating a pre-test before class according to June's method?
-The purpose of creating a pre-test is to analyze how different concepts come together to solve problems and to prepare for the types of inference-based questions that are common in higher education.
What should be the focus during the in-class notes stage according to June?
-The focus during the in-class notes stage should be annotating the pre-created diagram with main points, noting key observations, and creating active recall questions to practice later.
Why is active recall an important part of the learning process as described by June?
-Active recall is important because it involves forcibly retrieving information from the brain without looking at the source material, which strengthens memory and understanding of the material.
What is the significance of the post-class immediate review stage in June's learning system?
-The post-class immediate review stage is significant for cleaning up active recall questions, refining the diagram, and practicing active recall questions to identify strengths and weaknesses in understanding the material.
How does June recommend organizing the final revision stage to make it more effective?
-June recommends creating an optimized diagram (diagram number three) by reorganizing and simplifying previous diagrams, and then applying active recall through methods like the blurting method, the feigning technique, and practice tests.
What is the 'blurting method' that June mentions for active recall practice?
-The 'blurting method' involves identifying a source of material, reading or watching it, and then without looking at the source, writing out everything that can be freely recalled on a blank sheet of paper.
What does June suggest about the frequency and duration of the priming stage for each class?
-June suggests that the priming stage should be done once every two to three weeks for each class, based on topics rather than on a class basis, as course objectives are usually spread across several classes.
Outlines
📚 Effective Learning Strategies for Academic Success
The speaker introduces a four-stage learning process designed to maximize academic performance while minimizing study time. The stages include priming, in-class note-taking, immediate post-class review, and revision. The speaker, June, a Dean's List biomed engineering student, shares personal experiences and emphasizes the importance of understanding the 'big picture' before delving into class details. The analogy of building a Lego set is used to illustrate the priming stage, where having an overview of the end goal facilitates the assembly process. The video promises to teach viewers how to study effectively, drawing from June's own academic and entrepreneurial successes.
👗 The Art of Priming: Fashion as a Learning Analogy
The speaker uses the topic of fashion as a relatable example to demonstrate the priming stage of learning. By consulting YouTube videos and creating a list of key fashion concepts, the speaker categorizes these concepts into groups such as 'colors', 'season', and 'occasions'. This process of chunking information and relating it to personal relevance helps in forming a foundational understanding of the topic. The speaker then suggests creating a visual diagram to represent these relationships, which serves as a reference for integrating new information during class.
📝 Enhancing In-Class Learning with Preparedness
Building on the priming stage, the speaker explains how in-class note-taking becomes more effective when one has a pre-established understanding of the subject matter. Instead of passively transcribing, the focus shifts to annotating the prepared diagram with key points and observations. The speaker also introduces the concept of active recall during class, which involves formulating questions to reinforce learning. This approach ensures that the learner is actively engaged with the material, leading to deeper comprehension and retention.
🤓 Post-Class Review: Consolidating Learning with Active Recall
The speaker outlines the immediate post-class review process, which involves refining the in-class diagram and practicing active recall questions. This stage is crucial for identifying strengths and weaknesses in understanding. The speaker emphasizes the importance of spending about 30 minutes before bed to review and self-assess, which significantly enhances the effectiveness of the learning process.
🎓 The Final Revision: Optimizing and Applying Knowledge
The speaker discusses the final stage of the learning system, which includes creating an optimized diagram and applying active recall techniques. The optimized diagram consolidates and simplifies information from previous stages, making it an invaluable resource for quick understanding. The active recall applications, such as the blurting method, the feigning technique, and practice tests, are introduced as effective methods for reinforcing knowledge and preparing for exams.
🛠️ Implementing the Learning System for Long-Term Success
The speaker concludes by emphasizing the importance of implementing the four-stage learning system for long-term academic success. They acknowledge the initial learning curve but assure viewers of the benefits once the system is mastered. The speaker also hints at an upcoming project that will serve as a tool for facilitating this learning system, expressing excitement for its potential to assist the community.
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Keywords
💡Priming
💡In-class Notes
💡Post-class Immediate Review
💡Revision
💡Active Recall
💡Chunking Information
💡Hypercorrection Effect
💡Feynman Technique
💡Blurting Method
💡Practice Tests
Highlights
The best way to learn can be broken down into four simple stages: priming, in-class notes, post-class immediate review, and revision.
Priming involves understanding the big picture of a topic before class to improve memory and comprehension.
An analogy used is building a Lego set, where priming is like studying the front of the box to understand how pieces fit together.
The speaker uses the topic of fashion as an example to demonstrate the priming process.
Key concepts from priming should be grouped and related to personal interests to enhance understanding.
Creating a visual diagram during priming helps in organizing information and preparing for class.
In-class notes should focus on annotating the priming diagram rather than writing extensive notes.
Active recall questions during class help in reinforcing learning and preparing for later review.
Post-class immediate review involves cleaning up active recall questions and organizing the diagram for better understanding.
Revision is the final stage where the focus is on creating an optimized diagram and practicing active recall techniques.
The blurting method is introduced as an active recall technique for freely recalling information without looking at the source material.
The findan technique involves teaching the topic to a fifth grader, which helps in simplifying and understanding the material.
Practice tests are crucial for identifying strengths and weaknesses and should be approached with active recall in mind.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of not just memorizing but deeply understanding and applying the learned material.
The Learning System is designed to help students achieve better grades while studying less time by effectively processing information.
The speaker mentions a future project that will serve as a tool to facilitate this Learning System.
The video concludes with an invitation for feedback and questions, encouraging viewers to engage with the content.
Transcripts
this is undoubtedly the best way to
learn and it can be broken down into
four simple stages number one priming
number two in-class notes number three
post class immediate review and number
four revision if you're able to execute
all four stages as I teach you in this
video you will get the best grades that
you've ever gotten while spending a
fraction of the time my name is June you
if you're new to the channel welcome if
you're returning welcome back I am a
Deans List biomed engineering student
getting both my bachelors and my masters
at the same time with a neuroengineering
concentration I've been very blessed to
have a lot of academic success while
taking such advanced classes and mind
you many of them simultaneously all
throughout this time I've also been able
to start successful businesses still
have a social life go to the gym
consistently been able to spend time
with with my faith and create content
consistently you can do it too if you
wish you're able to study effectively
and efficiently and I'm so sorry that
nobody has taught you up to this point
but don't worry cuz I got you you don't
have to wait any longer to stick around
and enjoy the video stage one priming
the main objective here is to understand
the big picture of the topic before
going into our classes why well it's
because our brain's ability to deeply
understand and then remember a piece of
information is greatly improved when
there are more relevant connections to
it so by going into our classes already
having understood how the major Concepts
fit together in this
topic all the new pieces of detail that
will be taught to us in
class immediately becomes
relevant immediately has meaning because
because it serves a function in that
bigger picture a great analogy that I
love to use is building a Lego set last
weekend I had spent with my girlfriend
doing an orchid flower Lego set and it
was a really good time I think everyone
loves Legos priming is equivalent to me
studying the front of the Box before
ever opening it up as I look at the
front of the box as I look at that
picture I see that the flower head has
has distinct features so does the stem
and so does the soil and so does the pot
so when I open up the box and I'm
greeted by hundreds of pieces no longer
are those pieces irrelevant
meaningless separate from one another no
actually
instead I'm able to immediately
understand how that white circular piece
serves a function in the flower head and
how the green cylindrical piece serves a
function in the stem and how the brown
Square pieces serves a function in the
pot and how all of those pieces relate
to each other in that big picture so I
was going through the
instructions very quickly and I was
skipping a lot of the steps because they
were intuitive to me right I already
understood it in terms of what was its
importance by the time I finished I done
it in about 30 minutes which is a lot
quicker than the time allotted for it
but think about what would have happened
if I completely skipped the front of the
box if I thought that I was too good for
it and I just went straight to the
pieces then all those pieces become
irrelevant right none of those pieces
have meaning to me so then I have to
hyper fixate on each singular step each
singular piece I have to think how is
this important and by the time you look
at it and you understand it and you're
done analyzing it you've probably
already forgotten how the previous
pieces have built what you have gotten
so far and then you have absolutely no
idea how your current piece is relevant
in terms of the following steps so it
becomes much more laborious it becomes a
much more inefficient process so you
want to do priming now I thought it was
important
that I give a more applicable example
here for us to follow together and I
will definitely be doing a video in
which I go over an example from my own
class in neurology but when I was going
through that example I realized that
some of those Concepts may be completely
unfamiliar to the general audience and
because of that I feel that the example
wasn't
necessarily as meaningful to you
so instead what I will be doing is going
through an example of me learning about
the topic of fashion we all love fashion
we all know about it at least a little
bit right so I think that this example
will be more applicable and then a
future video I'll go ahead and do
something more related to my own studies
my brother is actually really amazing
with his Styles he's been way better
than me for our whole lives and I've
learned a lot from him but I'm still
very very new to caring about fashion
and so I called him up and I said I
really need to up my dress game and I
would love it if you could teach me
about fashion he agreed and so for this
upcoming weekend what we'll do is sit
down he said for about an hour and a
half he'll go over everything that I
need to know so as I'm learning this new
topic I can actually Prime for it and
what I'll do is I will identify some
some resources that I can supplement for
this priming stage and so for our
situation our scenario let's do YouTube
videos right and so what I've done is go
through just a few popular YouTube
videos about fashion
and I've noted while I was going in 2x
speed right because I don't necessarily
care about the details here I'm just
noting repeated words point of emphasis
and I'm creating a list of key Concepts
so if you look here these were a few of
those key Concepts this is my list the
term casual the term thickness length
layering formal bold and simple now in
this list as they currently stand
they're still isolated from each other
they don't necessarily have meaning this
is just like seeing those Lego pieces
without ever having looked at the front
of the Box casual is a completely
irrelevant piece thickness is irrelevant
and so forth so what I want to do is go
through the next step of creating groups
and so for me using my own prior
knowledge I'm thinking that I can
compare these key Concepts to each other
and identify some similarities so I see
the terms bold and simple they're
similar right I can categorize them in a
group called colors and the terms
layering length and thickness they're
similar and I can group them under a
term called season and formal and Casual
are similar as they describe occasions
so these are three groups that I've now
created and you start to see that this
has more meaning this is an example of
chunking information down by the way and
as I see it in this group I'll take it A
F step further because still these
groups are isolated from each other so
what I have to next do is ask myself
this really important question of how is
this topic relevant to me well I don't
necessarily care about Runway shows or I
don't even know if that's what they call
fashion shows that's not of my interest
right my personal interest is I just
want to look decently good when I'm
picking out an outfit for my day that's
all so for me it's relevant to create
relationships and organize these groups
in a way in which it helps me pick out a
good outfit right so again with my prior
knowledge and how I apply this to a
situation that's relevant to me I
believe that I will start with the
occasion because that's the first
thought in my head why am I dressing up
in the first place is it because I am
going to school or a business meeting or
hang out with friends and then I think
about season are we currently in the
winner right now I probably don't want
to be going out in shorts and then
lastly colors do I want to be bold with
my color Choice do I want to go with
bright colors or do I want to go a
little bit more monotone that's how I
have crafted the relationships and and
then what I'll do is literally visually
create a diagram for myself and it's so
helpful that I do this because this is
truly the big picture of the topic as
I've understood it up to this point
these are how the major Concepts fit
together in the big picture and this
will set me up for a lot of success
moving on and we'll go into how that
literally does that but this is how I
Envision it right occasion is situated
near the top right because that's the
first thing I believe that's probably
the most important thing for me and then
I go into season and then I go into
colors it's a very very simplified
version of what I believe the topic is
going to further entail but I now
understand how the new details as I go
into class will fit what I'll do next
and this is part two of the priming
stage I will take a very short preest
very short perhaps just five questions
or so and what this is going to help you
do is further analyze how these
different concepts come together to now
solve problems because when you go and
take your exams later on they won't be
regurgitation questions they're not
going to be definition questions as you
get into higher education the type of
testing that you will go through are
ones that have inference-based questions
so they require synthesis of knowledge
they require you to apply and compare
and contrast and analyze and so as you
go ahead and give your first exposure to
this this is your opportunity to give a
genuine attempt it doesn't mean that you
have to get these questions right by any
means it's your attempt to see how these
different concepts come together and
even if you get those questions wrong
you'll make use of the hypercorrection
effect during class but this again is
all these both parts are all aiming to
form a big picture understanding of the
topic before we go into our classes I
have to make a really big point of
emphasis here because I know exactly
what you're thinking to yourself you're
saying June I thought you were going to
teach me how to learn more efficiently
you want me to do this every single time
before my classes that's going to take
me forever that's so
unrealistic and what I have to tell you
is that you're only going through the
priming stage once every two three weeks
for each of your classes why because
you're doing this based on topics you're
not doing this on a class basis a lot of
professors do a really good job of
making this clear but you will have
course objectives that are spread across
several classes it's because each
class's information that is presented to
you is restricted is limited to the
amount of time that's available for that
class so usually the information that
needs to be covered in that curriculum
is a lot more than just just a 60-minute
90-minute class so you'll have it spread
across four or five classes across the
span of 2 3 weeks right if you find
yourself trying to prime before every
single one of your classes that simply
means that you must broaden the scope of
what you are priming for think to
yourself okay what are the upcoming
classes material and how do they all fit
together and I bet if you go ahead and
create more general terms for the next
four or five class and you go to your
your professor and say hey this is how
I've termed how I've described the first
3 weeks of class material and then this
next 3 weeks of material and so forth
they'll help you and tell you if that's
right or wrong but usually you're able
to use your textbooks and they follow a
certain Cadence that it's obvious what
topics are but just remember that so
imagine spending just an hour and a half
of priming on a weekend and setting
yourself up for so so much success in
the next 2 3 weeks it's a no-brainer
it's an absolute must because again
we'll go into how much it's going to
help you in the following stages what
I'll do now is show on the screen a list
of instructions for the priming stage
it's pretty much exactly what I just
showed you for me learning the topic of
fashion but of course there's going to
be some differences pause the screen
snapshot it and try to implement for
your upcoming topic stage two inclass
notes because you've gone through the
prime stage you will have so much
success in this next stage you see you
will be able to actually listen to the
teacher not be nose deep into your notes
I know what You' have been doing up to
this point I know that you are writing
every little thing that the teacher is
saying but you and I both know how
ineffective that's been for you right
because of two main reasons one you
can't write as quickly as your teacher
speaks and two you're not actively
engaging with the material so no
meaningful learning is actually
occurring so it's just a big waste of
time that whole class period becomes a
big waste of time you see so many people
try to write every little thing but they
forget that learning doesn't happen on
that piece of paper so just because you
wrote it all doesn't mean that it
actually processed in your brain instead
your notes should just be a way of
facilitating the process of learning
that's happening in your brain now
because we've gone ahead and created
this diagram for you you know what
you're going to do you're going to spend
a majority of that time literally
annotating on top of that diagram number
one why do you remember what we said in
the beginning about how our brain's
ability to deeply understand and then
remember a piece of information is
greatly improved when there are relevant
connections to it well that's what we're
doing in real time automatically so as
we're introduced to all these new
details right instead of fixating on
each piece of information instead we
already have the big picture
understanding we understand how that new
piece of information is relevant we
understand the function it serves in the
big picture that diagram number one is
your big picture so you can literally
create additional branches additional
subgroups as you see fit and take in
information this way so this is great
because you're not going to be writing
every little thing that the teacher is
saying you're literally jotting down
main points for you to remember in
relation to that big picture in relation
to other relevant pieces of information
and this is extremely extremely
effective so if I was to show you what
my inclass notes look like this is
diagram number two this is it and it's
beautiful right and so you see in blue
everything that I had done in my diagram
number one you have still the occasion
you still have the season you still have
the colors but as I am in that meeting
with my brother and he's teaching me
about all the details and really making
big points of emphasis I'm adding
additional groups I'm putting them in
certain appc ation that help emphasize
its importance and so as he speaks about
how it's really important to feel good
in what you're wearing because it makes
you feel confident right as he's talking
about my body type and my Silhouette and
my skin tone how that affects how I'm
going to choose an outfit I'm going to
put that in the beginning because I
think that that's probably the most
important he starts to add some more
details about what type of colors there
are right there are certain patterns you
could be monochromatic you can have
certain coordination but I also start to
see that hey maybe these relationships
weren't organized in the right way so
I'm annotating literally on top of this
diagram at the same time there are two
other parts that are happening right so
while I'm annotating the second part is
for me to have just a few key
observations these key observations are
basically really big points of emphasis
that the teacher is saying to you that
you don't necessarily understand how to
fit onto your diagram at that time you
don't want to waste time trying to force
it into your diagram at this point just
put a list of key observations and
you'll get back to it this is just so
that you really don't miss the crucial
Pieces Just because you don't
necessarily know how to it fits then the
third part of your in-class notes are
active recall questions this is a golden
gem this is a must you must do this for
those that are unfamiliar with active
recall perhaps you hadn't seen my
previous content on in Instagram that's
okay there's a lot of resources out
there that talk about active recall the
guy to academic success also talks about
active recall I'll give a very
simplified version of this but this has
been a learning principle a learning
strategy that has been widely studied
the research has shown that it is so
effective in terms of facilitating your
learning so at its basic form without
going into the studies or any of the
details I can totally make another video
about that if you guys want active
recall is forcefully retrieving the
information out of your brain without
the source of the material in front of
you and we will talk about how that's
such an integral part of your revision
and why that is so much more beneficial
in comparison to passive techniques but
here you are setting yourself up so that
you have a list of questions to practice
with later these are questions that
you're making this just basically able
to even happen because you had have this
increased bandwidth since you've done
the priming session right most people
are so nose deep into their notes that
they don't even have time to create
questions that are important for their
review later but because you now have
the time most of your time is just spent
listening to the teacher you're going to
start jotting down some questions and
these are really why and how questions
predominantly why is this piece of
information important how can this
information be applied how can it be
related to things that I've learned
before How can I alter a variable so
that it changes the outcome what's a
real life example of this these are the
types of questions that you're trying to
ask yourself and a lot of times teachers
do a really good job of asking you
questions as they go throughout the
lecture this is another place for you to
just write these down so now in your
inclass notes you would have an
annotated diagram number two you will
have key observations just a few things
jotted down that you couldn't
necessarily fit into your diagram and
then number three you'll have your list
of active recall questions that probably
takes up
10% of your attention while you are
going throughout the process of being in
class and learning the information 90%
of it should be focused on your teacher
it should be focused on giving your
teacher eye contact and being present
and going through these types of
thoughts in your brain I promise you
this is so much more effective than
again trying to write every little thing
down that the teacher says so that wraps
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with all that being said let's return
back to the video stage three post class
immediate review this is a much more
concise revision period versus what
you'll do more extensively later in
stage 4 this is literally just about 30
minutes before you go to bed that night
and what you'll do is clean up your
active recall questions from class this
is your time to slightly clean up the
diagram number two that you've made in
class and maybe start to add some of
those key observations into your
framework now that you have some more
time and space mentally to do it but
majority of this stage is going to be
spent practicing your active recall
questions and you don't even need to
write out the answers I found a lot of
times that this has big waste of time
because if you don't know the answer to
a certain question you can always go
back to your presentations or the
textbook to find a much more thorough
answer with the neighboring information
so that's not a problem so you can do
this verbally right you can go through
your questions and the main objective
here is to identify your strengths and
weaknesses up to this point in time so
the questions you do get right using
active recall Force y retrieving that
information out of your brain you've
made that even a deeper strength for you
you've deepened your understanding and
you've deepened your memory for those
active recall questions that you might
have got wrong great you found areas of
weakness for yourself that you can
practice later in stage 4 but again
because you've gone through the process
of stage one and stage two and you've
really made use of those learning
experiences you'll find that a lot of
those active recall questions you can
get right so it's important that you
spend just about 30 minutes before you
go to bed doing this it will make an
absolute world's Difference by the time
you get into stage four the final stage
stage number four revision it's
interesting because this is probably
where most of your time is currently
spent most of you are probably so
fixated on studying the material after
your classes have ended and you're
cramming a week or two weeks before your
exam and you find that you're not doing
that well on your exams you're finding
that you're wasting a lot of that time
right because we all know that the
efficiency of your studying declines if
you are studying for such extensive
periods of time so that's a very
inefficient way of doing this and this
is actually where you save a bulk of
your time so stage four consists of two
parts and this is doing revision the
right way not using p passive techniques
but really utilizing the powers of
active recall using the powers of
chunking information creating these
relationships the first part is creating
diagram number three this is your
optimized version it's your ability to
reorganize and then simplify what you've
already created in your diagrams one and
two we saw how the one in class got a
little bit messy you probably added some
more information since then but here you
want to make it so that it becomes an
invaluable resource for you how do you
do that you you make it so that you go
back to this diagram and immediately you
understand the knowledge that it's
trying to portray if you have to look at
the diagram and spend 30 40 minutes just
trying to make out the words and trying
to understand why these relationships
are crossing over one another it's not a
good resource anymore so what you want
to do and what I'll show you for this
example of learning the topic of fashion
is start to make use of different
subgroups so for personal I've created
the subgroups of physical of perception
of preference and in them I have all
these different types of detail right so
I have body type skin tone silhouette
and then perception I've confidence and
mood and in preference I have styles and
so now it's organized in a way in which
for me it's easier to understand and
more relevant to me I've made use of
illustrations so as my brother is going
through the different patterns he's
really gone over four essential ones
which were monochromatic which were
plaid which were striped and which were
polka dots and because I'm organizing
this in a way in which I can actually
pick out a good outfit for myself I
thought it made sense for me to draw
them out in the order in which I prefer
right I heavily prefer monochromatic as
you can see in my shirt right now
and then plaid and then stripe and then
polka dots are really not something that
I like and then I go ahead and I start
to bold certain relationships I start to
realize okay my personal choice is
actually very very important as it leads
to the colors
selection and I've reorganized some of
these groups I've created multiple
relationships with two groups right so
I've created a relationship from
occasion to season and then season to
Vacation I've created illustrations here
and so when you look at this for me I
can immediately understand the knowledge
is trying to portray in an instant I
look at this and I'm thinking I I know
exactly what I learned in that meeting
with my brother that's what you're
aiming to do with diagram number three
you're trying to make this a resource
for yourself and it will become really
beneficial as we go into part number two
of this final stage and that is your
active free call applications and the
three that we're going to go in in this
order are one the blurting method two
the findan technique and three practice
test we've just talked about how
important active recall is and now that
I'm speaking about I really do think
that active recall deserves its own
video so I'll be looking to do that but
first you're going to start with
blurting and there's a lot of videos on
YouTube that will teach you how to do
this but in terms of a general
understanding I can give that to you
right now first you identify what your
Source material is going to be so that
could could be your textbook or this
could be a recorded lecture you're going
to pick a part of that source that you
want to learn at the time and then after
reading the textbook or watching the
lecture you're going to put that Source
away you're not going to look at it
you're going to completely remove it
you're going to then grab a blank sheet
of paper and write out everything that
you can freely recall from your Source
you'll find that this is really hard
trying to forcefully retrieve
information out of your brain is going
to require deliberate effort but it's
actually that effort that leads to
meaningful learning so be patient as you
go throughout this process practically
you'll remember certain pieces of
information and inevitably there will be
gaps but the amazing part here is that
because you've gone through the process
of creating these diagrams you have such
a good understanding of how the major
Concepts relate to one another you've
created so many of these linkages as
you've learned the material in the first
place that when you go to fill in the
gaps a lot of those things will
naturally start to make sense and so as
you go throughout this process you'll
find that you'll actually recall a lot
more that if you hadn't created any of
the diagrams if you hadn't gone through
the previous stage
you might have remember maybe 10 15%
your first attempt but actually you'll
find that you have a really good
Baseline here you might after attempt
number one recall
60% after you go through that process
you'll open up your Source again and
make Corrections right you might have
forgotten some things you might have
made certain incorrect statements you'll
fix them and then after you've done that
and gone through the process of
correcting it you'll crumble up attempt
number one that piece of paper and throw
it out cuz you're not going to use it
anymore go take a break go do something
else and then return for attempt number
two you'll find that attempt number two
you'll do a lot better you'll probably
be around 70 75% perhaps and then by the
time you get into your third attempt
perhaps you've recalled everything that
you need to recall maybe you're at close
to 90 95% once you get to that point
you're good I think the blurting method
is a really good starting place for your
active recall it forces you to try and
recall freely as much that you possibly
remember and in doing so you'll have a
really good indication of again what
things you're able to readily often
remember and then some things that you
still need a little bit of work on after
you go through that that process you'll
move into the finement technique as your
second active recall application and
this requires you to teach the topic as
if the person receiving the information
was someone at the level of fifth grader
right but where people make a mistake is
they think that the fing technique is
all about just simplifying the
information and although that's a really
important role just because you
simplified it doesn't guarantee that one
it'll be accurate or two that the person
listening can actually understand it
right and so there's more to it you're
probably going to have to reorganize the
groups and the major Concepts in a way
that will make more sense to someone
that is hearing this for the first time
that might not have any type of
background in this field and your also
probably going to need examples and
analogies and applications or scenarios
to make it more relevant to that fifth
grader so perhaps if I'm teaching the
topic of fashion I'm saying hey you know
that dance that you got upcoming
for the winner you want to pick out a
really good outfit right like this is
how this is how you should do it you can
literally create that explanation and
make it relevant through that
application and you'll find that you
will naturally if you do this verbally
alloud you will hesitate on areas that
you're weak on right or perhaps you can
record yourself or have somebody listen
to you as you do this and they'll give
you the feedback and they'll tell you
actually I didn't understand this part
and perhaps you had an assumption that
it was an obvious more intuitive element
that didn't need any more explanation
but somebody gave you the feedback or
you listened to your recording and
thought actually I could have done a
better job of explaining that that's
another area of
weakness and so again the Baseline of
you starting this because you've gone
through the previous stages will be very
high and just a few iterations of this
you should be really in a good place to
then start the third application which
are practice tests and I think that
practice tests are probably the best
resource that you can use to narrow down
what you need to study for your exam
right because if you can utilize exams
from past years you have a lot of clues
in terms of content emphasis in terms of
perhaps trick questions or things to
look out for and maybe certain things
that you don't necessarily need to study
because it's not on this past Year's
exams but there's a right way to do
these practice exams and again I think
that each of these active recall
applications deserve their own video and
now that I'm going through this maybe I
should do them but I'll tell you what
you shouldn't do and this is what most
people do unfortunately is they'll go
and read the question they'll take a
guess at it and then read the answer
immediately
and then even if it's not necessarily
identical or exactly what they were
going to say they just say things along
the lines of that's good enough or
that's what I meant but the problem is
if your teacher is giving you the past
Year's
exam it's almost for certain that it's
not going to be the exact same question
so if you're not able to understand why
an answer is correct or why the other
answers are incorrect then by the time
that question is reframed on your exam
you're not going to know how to solve
them right so as you approach a question
you should really take the time to
freely recall put your sources away
don't look things up right now you've
done a lot of the learning already so
here you're trying to review and trying
to pull the information out of your
brain and give as exhaustive and answers
possible you're going to circle the ones
that you think are right or write out
the short-ended answers but at the same
time focus on okay these answers are
wrong because X Y and Z right you're
also going to provide those explanations
thoroughly and if you really really do
get stuck then you can go into your
diagram right you can look at your
diagram and see if that can help you
answer the question because that's a
Quee that you've created that's how
you've learned the material and then at
the very end if you really have no idea
how to solve this problem then you can
go ahead and look at your sources to
find um a way to exhaustively answer it
and then you'll remember that answer
you'll notate it some somewhere so that
you'll have it for reference in the
future because obviously that was a
really big area of weakness for you so
those three applications of utilizing
active recall have now made you prepare
and again these are just a few
iterations for each of these three
applications right perhaps you do two
bluring rounds you do two fan technique
rounds and then you go through one
previous year's exam but because you've
already already learned the information
properly the first time around because
you've been able to deeply process
access the information the first time
around through all the linkages that
you've created right through creating
groups and relating those groups in a
way that's relevant to you this is where
you save a lot of your time I promise
you that with that being said that
should wrap up all four stages of the
Learning System but to be honest for me
personally I definitely believe there
should be more attention and time spent
for each of the stages because there's
so many important nuances that I had to
overlook due to the time but really the
purpose of today's video was to Simply
introduce to all of you the four stages
and provide you all enough information
so that one you value each of the stages
and two you can start applying it right
away to your own coursework I promise as
you really grapple with the stages and
you overcome the initial learning curve
the benefits will be more than worth it
you will be getting the best grades
while studying for a fraction of the
time so I urge you to try it out
yourself there's a lot of notable
mentions here too specifically in
regards to a revision timetable you
should be including space repetition in
or leaving along with optimal breaks and
including these three things in your
revision Tim tables are absolutely
essential so this is more of how do you
implement the Learning System across the
span of a term to go into each of those
will also be really extensive so perhaps
we'll just save that for another video
but if you've read the guide to academic
success you know exactly what I'm
talking about it's really unfortunate
that all school does is tell us what to
learn instead of ever teaching us how to
learn it but hopefully I was able to do
that for you in this video or at least
start the journey for you as you craft
your own Learning System if you've
stayed to this part of the video thank
you so much you're definitely an
important part of this community
hopefully you understand understand how
important this Learning System is for me
as I've spent the last several years
trying to teach people how to learn and
really providing hopefully a little bit
of guidance to a lot of my fellow
students and so I've been working on a
project behind the scenes that hopefully
will serve as your everyday tool as it
facilitates this Learning System I'm
really excited about it I'm not ready
just yet to announce it but at the very
least hopefully this video gave you the
information to start it yourself and in
the future if if that's something that
you're interested in I'd be looking
forward to seeing your thoughts on that
as well thank you guys so much please
leave your comments below if you've
learned anything if you want to ask any
questions I'd be happy to respond to
them of course leave a like And
subscribe until next time take care and
as always I'll see you at the
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