The Einstellung Effect is when your brain gets stuck on the first idea it thinks of and keeps using it, even when there’s a better way. Imagine you’re trying to open a jar. You always use a towel because that’s what you’ve done before. You keep twisting harder and harder with the towel, but the […]
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This strategy of spaced repetition is well documented as being highly effective but rarely done. The difference between EACH successive repetition SHOULD be more than enough incentive to give it a go… Students aren’t the only ones who “make their lives” harder by wanting things to be more complicated than they actually are. It’s the […]
Rote learning and syntopical learning represent opposite ends of the educational spectrum: One focuses on the rapid memorisation of individual facts through repetition, while the other involves high-level analysis and synthesis of multiple sources to build deep understanding. Rote Learning Rote learning is a technique based on repetition and memorisation without necessarily understanding the underlying […]
We all want to learn more, faster. This framework, provided by Lukas J.M. Stangl is just another great visual cue for your Reticular Activation System (RAS). The more you leverage tips and tools like this, the better, faster learner you’ll become. Learning is quite simple, but the challenge is to have the discipline and commitment […]
This is a great Mental Model to parse through all the content you’re curating as a student or life-long learner. Being syntopical about it, will improve your ability to synthesise and recall it later.
When I wrote the first edition of my book, How To Get The Best Grades With The Least Amount Of Effort, Personal computers were just coming to market and the Internet didn’t really exist. All we had were dial-up modems at 300 to 1200 baud to connect to mainframe computers… That was then and this […]
These are great study tips to help you get the best grades with the least amount of effort.
We all need to learn new things, for students they’re subjects in school and after graduation they’re concepts and constructs necessary for career development and progression. The previous post is a collection of strategies you need to review to complement the Feynman Technique explained below. The medical profession has a great motto for this technique: […]
That is an interesting question this BBC article addresses quite well – does reading fiction make you a better person? One thing we do know for sure is that reading MORE non-fiction books ensures you’ll have a better, higher-paying career.
Each is best suited to different purposes, and neither is superior. By Daniel T. Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia. A few years ago, when people heard I was a reading researcher, they might ask about their child’s dyslexia or how to get their teenager to read more. But today the question I […]
Ever heard of TED Talks ? TED Talks is devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (maximum of 18 minutes) on various topics. There are near 1500 videos on their website. Whenever you need inspiration, motivation or just to look at something interesting or different, select one amongst the various subjects and spend some […]
