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I'm sad to say that students of today are still stuck with archaic study methods of the 18th century and applying them in the 21st century.As a result, they always find it hard to study!They don't realise that the best studying strategy is to study smart, by incorporating new and better ways of studying.Given a choice, and at least at the microcosmic level, this is what I would do, in order to study smart:1) Learn and practise proven efficient and effective study tools like SQ5R and Cornell Notes.Go to the net and download information on SQ5R and Cornell Notes:i) SQ5R reading/studying strategy;It's a structured system [SQ5R is an acronym for SURVEY, QUESTIONS, READ, RECORD, RECITE, REVIEW, REFLECT], but it equips you with efficient and effective ways to navigate academic materials, especially the intellectually-intense ones, with ease and expediency.ii) Cornell Notes;It's a far more superior system that the conventional outline method, known to most students in schools, college and universities.It's latent power comes from its simple and yet elegant three-column spatial configuration for taking notes and making notes.The "cue" column is the most powerful system I have ever known, as it facilitates - and expedites - your memory retention/recall via self-testing.2) Before you proceed to study/revise each academic subject, learn to categorise them into:(i) concept-based/memory-dependent;(ii) problem-solving;(iii) interpretation/prediction based;so that you can do a mix-up during lesson revision at home, and also to allow you to be more energy-efficient, particularly in using 25-minute revising/5-minute break over a 2-hour stretch, thus attaining more 'Primacy' and 'Recency Effects'.3) Preview your new lesson the night before class, by preparing preliminary notes.This is because, when you are learning something new in class, your prior knowledge will always come into play to make connections and create linkages. More schema, more understanding!4) Make sure that you thoroughly understand the content of all your class lectures; if not, you have to ask for clarification or elucidation from your lecturers or professors.To me, the acid test for understanding something new is your ability to explain the new concept to someone else, like your kid brother or even your grandma. No puns intended;5) At the end of a class lecture, always do a quick Recap, Review and Reinforce, preferably with mnemonics - I call this the 3R's strategy.Science says 80% of your information intake is lost if you do not execute this initiative within 24 hours;6) At least for every semester quarter, or a couple of weeks prior to your final test/exam time, spend time and effort to prepare global consolidated and summarised study notes, as part of your final test/exam prep, by incorporating:- preliminary notes from your textbook reading, the night before class;- notes taken and made during the lecture;- notes taken and made from lecture handouts, f any;- notes taken and made from class discussions or groupwork, if any;- notes from lab reports and/or field work;- other notes, e.g. from research at the library, or from the Internet search;7) Also, with the aid of your subject syllabus as well as exam syllabus, learn to identify and segregate "core material" from "elaborative material".- "core material" = important concepts, principles, theories, definitions, terminologies, nomenclatures, important diagrams or graphs, etc.;- "elaborative material" = illustrations, examples, anecdotes, etc.;Drawing on Pareto's Law: About 80% of your exam questions are likely to come from your "core material", and so you know what and where to focus first.This is not to say "elaborative material" is not important, but once you have the intellectual grasp of "core material" in the first instance, "elaborative material" will naturally falls into place - in your memory banks;Transcribe "core material" into 4x3 index cards for their pocket portability, using the proven Index Card Strategy, for "learning-on-the-go": commuting and/or waiting in queue, as this facilitates random self-quizzing;8) Review your learned class lesson within 24 hours, and then prepare a systematic spaced and distributed practice of revision/rehearsal, next 30 days/next 60 days/ next 90 days till test/exam time; this initiative helps you to circumvent the deadly impact of the infamous Ebbinghaus Effect, or better known as the Forgetting Curve;9) Master the 100+ Test Verbs, often used by examiners in test/exam questions;10) Always remember [I hate to say this, but it's a harsh reality], tests/exams are a form of game, and you got to learn to be an excellent game player.First of all, a test/exam is always a game of PRECISION and SPEED.No matter how you look at it, examiners are only interested in your ability to answer questions PRECISELY and EXPEDIENTLY, all within the prescribed time limits.So, to beat them in the game, you got to learn to master the technique of doing a "surgical cut" of the exam questions at first glance, no matter how they are phrased.That's why (9) is critical here.For your strategy to win the game, learn and practice the Question Dissection Protocol (*), a powerful technique for dissecting test/exam questions, developed by award-winning educator Doug Buehl from Madison, Wisconsin;I have already written extensively about this technique on Quora. You can search their archives.11) Spend time and make concerted effort to tackle the past exam series, under simulated test/exam conditions;12) If you are familiar with the graphical methods of note-taking and note-making, like idea-mapping, cluster diagramming and/or graphic organising, apply what I call a 'Divide and Conquer' strategy by creating a global idea map for each of your subject matter, using the tapestry of contents of your textbook as branching ideas; alternatively, you can also use the core ideas captured in (7);13) I have in fact written an extended piece on final test/exam preparation, entitled:THE ART & DISCIPLINE OF REVISION STRATEGYHere's the link:THE ART & DISCIPLINE OF REVISION STRATEGY14) Last but not least, especially if you are interested, acquire a copy of Adam Robinson's 'What Smart Students Know' and Ronald Gross' 'Peak Learning', and do your best to read as well as digest them. Definitely, you will be amply rewarded!I take this opportunity to wish you a pleasant and successful academic journey, and may all your fondest dreams come true.Meanwhile, at the macro-cosmic level, I suggest that you take a close look at the larger scheme of things in your life.That is, sit down to explore and establish compelling, inspiring and overarching long-range goals, broken down into short-term, medium-term, and long-term perspectives, as follows:- what I want to BE;- what I want to DO;- what I want to HAVE;- what I want to IMPROVE;- what I want to CHANGE;and also considering the following major life dimensions in your life:- academic pursuit;- mental development;- career aspirations;- physical health;- financial wealth;- family relationships;- social networking;- recreational ventures (including hobbies, interests, sports, vacations, etc.);- spiritual development (including contributions to society, volunteering, etc.);Upon completion of reflection, contemplation and introspection, the next logical step for you is to work out a systematic game plan, whereby you need to translate all your long-range goals and objectives into specific, prioritised and executable tasks which you must do daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and even annually, in hot pursuit of your desired outcomes or cherished dreams.GOALS, PRIORITIES, PLAN, set your directions and direct your focus on the things that matter to you the most.In a nut shell, GOALS, PRIORITIES PLAN, give your the reasons for getting out of bed quickly every morning, and for staying - and feeling - alive.GOALS, PRIORITIES PLAN, are like precise commands preset into the flight plan of a Tomahawk missile, homing on to a predefined long-distance target, to use a military analogy.All the strategic and tactical initiatives, as laid out in your systematic game plan, will embody the envisaged vivid image of your ultimate success achievement, which you are more than likely to hold in your head, thus serving as your personal driving force, keeping you inspired, motivated and focused, in the hot pursuit of your desired outcomes or cherished dreams.I have already written extensively about goal setting and goal achieving, including how to set up an systematic game plan on Quora. You can search their archives.

In my view, a successful self-learner has these smart attributes:setting goals and achieving goals; in a nut shell, having a sense of purpose, thus always approaching any learning initiative with the end in mind;managing priorities and tasks, with a First Things First philosophy;reading actively and selectively, with the aid of proven efficient and effective study tools, like SQ5R, Cornell Notes, Pareto's Law, Making Marginal Annotations, etc.;gathering information and generating insights from (3);taking notes and making notes, from (4), using a smorgasbord of tools, like Cornell Notes, Idea Maps, Cluster Diagrams, Graphic Organisers and Visual Tools, etc.;organising notes from (5) for fast recall, with a wide array of mneumonic aids, where applicable;revising and rehearsing lessons, including doing and completing daily homework, plus instituting a Spaced and Distributed Lesson Revision & Rehearsal Practice, so as to contain or circumvent the deadly impact of the Ebbinghaus Effect, or better known as the Forgetting Curve;preparing for tests/exams, and mastering the 100+ Test Verbs, and the Question Dissection Protocol;writing logically and creatively, especially during tests/exams;reducing stress and increasing energy, so as to create a resourceful and superior state of mind, with a physiologically relaxed body to go along, especially during test/exam time; but most importantly, having energy to pursue leisure activities and chill out with friends;[20160413_Self Learner Attributes]

I'm sad to say that students of today are still stuck with archaic study methods of the 18th century, and applying them in the 21st century.As a result, they always think that by putting more hours in studying time, they can manage to get through!They don't realise that the best studying strategy is to study smart, by incorporating new and better ways of studying.Given a choice, and at least at the microcosmic level, this is what I would do, in order to study smart:1) Learn and practise proven efficient and effective study tools like SQ5R and Cornell Notes.Go to the net and download information on SQ5R and Cornell Notes:i) SQ5R reading/studying strategy:It's a structured system [SQ5R is an acronym for SURVEY, QUESTIONS, READ, RECORD, RECITE, REVIEW, REFLECT], but it equips you with efficient and effective ways to flesh out key ideas and salient points, thus helping you to navigate academic materials, especially the intellectually-intense ones, with ease and expediency.ii) Cornell Notes:It's a far more superior system that the conventional outline method, known to most students in schools, college and universities.It's latent power comes from its simple and yet elegant three-column spatial configuration for taking notes and making notes.The "cue" column is the most powerful system I have ever known, as it facilitates - and expedites - your memory retention/recall via self-testing.2) Before you proceed to study/revise each academic subject, learn to categorise them into:(i) concept-based/memory-dependent;(ii) problem-solving;(iii) interpretation/prediction based;so that you can do a mix-up during lesson revision at home, and also to allow you to be more energy-efficient, particularly in using 25-minute revising/5-minute break over a 2-hour stretch, thus attaining more 'Primacy' and 'Recency Effects'.3) Preview your new lesson the night before class, by preparing preliminary notes.This is because, when you are learning something new in class, your prior knowledge will always come into play to make connections and create linkages.More schema, more understanding!4) Make sure that you thoroughly understand the content of all your class lectures; if not, you have to ask for clarification or elucidation from your lecturers or professors.To me, the acid test for understanding something new is your ability to explain the new concept to someone else, like your kid brother or even your grandma. No puns intended;5) At the end of a class lecture, always do a quick Recap, Review and Reinforce, preferably with mnemonics - I call this the 3R's strategy.Science says 80% of your information intake is lost if you do not execute this initiative within 24 hours;6) At least for every semester quarter, or a couple of weeks prior to your final test/exam time, spend time and effort to prepare global consolidated and summarised study notes, as part of your final test/exam prep, by incorporating:- preliminary notes from your textbook reading, the night before class;- notes taken and made during the lecture;- notes taken and made from lecture handouts, if any;- notes taken and made from class discussions or groupwork, if any;- notes from lab reports and/or field work;- other notes, e.g. from research at the library, or from the Internet search;7) Also, with the aid of your subject syllabus as well as exam syllabus, learn to identify and segregate "core material" from "elaborative material".- "core material" = important concepts, principles, theories, definitions, terminologies, nomenclatures, important diagrams or graphs, etc.;- "elaborative material" = illustrations, examples, anecdotes, etc.;Drawing on Pareto's Law:About 80% of your exam questions are likely to come from your "core material", and so you know what and where to focus first.This is not to say "elaborative material" is not important, but once you have the intellectual grasp of "core material" in the first instance, "elaborative material" will naturally falls into place - in your memory banks;Transcribe "core material" into 4x3 index cards for their pocket portability, using the proven Index Card Strategy, for "learning-on-the-go": commuting and/or waiting in queue, as this facilitates random self-quizzing;8) Review your learned class lesson within 24 hours, and then prepare a systematic spaced and distributed practice of revision/rehearsal, next 30 days/next 60 days/ next 90 days till test/exam time;This initiative helps you to circumvent the deadly impact of the infamous Ebbinghaus Effect, or better known as the Forgetting Curve;9) Master the 100+ Test Verbs, often used by examiners in test/exam questions;10) Always remember [I hate to say this, but it's a harsh reality], tests/exams are a form of game, and you got to learn to be an excellent game player. First of all, a test/exam is always a game of PRECISION and SPEED.No matter how you look at it, examiners are only interested in your ability to answer questions PRECISELY and EXPEDIENTLY, all within the prescribed time limits.So, to beat them in the game, you got to learn to master the technique of doing a "surgical cut" of the exam questions at first glance, no matter how they are phrased.That's why (9) is critical here.For your strategy to win the game, learn and practice the Question Dissection Protocol (*), a powerful technique for dissecting test/exam questions, developed by award-winning educator Doug Buehl from Madison, Wisconsin;I have already written extensively about this technique on Quora. You can search their archives.11) Spend time and make concerted effort to tackle the past exam series, under simulated test/exam conditions;12) If you are familiar with the graphical methods of note-taking and note-making, like idea-mapping, cluster diagramming and/or graphic organising, apply what I call a 'Divide and Conquer' strategy by creating a global idea map for each of your subject matter, using the tapestry of contents of your textbook as branching ideas; alternatively, you can also use the core ideas captured in (7);13) I have in fact written an extended piece on final test/exam preparation, entitled:THE ART & DISCIPLINE OF REVISION STRATEGYHere's the link:THE ART & DISCIPLINE OF REVISION STRATEGY by Say Keng Lee on OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES14) Last but not least, especially if you are interested, acquire a copy of Adam Robinson's 'What Smart Students Know' and Ronald Gross' 'Peak Learning', and do your best to read as well as digest them.Definitely, you will be amply rewarded!I take this opportunity to wish you a pleasant and successful academic journey, and may all your fondest dreams come true.Meanwhile, at the macro-cosmic level, I suggest that you take a close look at the larger scheme of things in your life.That is, sit down to explore and establish compelling, inspiring and overarching long-range goals, broken down into short-term, medium-term, and long-term perspectives, as follows:- what I want to BE;- what I want to DO;- what I want to HAVE;- what I want to IMPROVE;- what I want to CHANGE;and also considering the following major life dimensions in your life:- academic pursuit;- mental development;- career aspirations;- physical health;- financial wealth;- family relationships;- social networking;- recreational ventures (including hobbies, interests, sports, vacations, etc.);- spiritual development (including contributions to society, volunteering, etc.);Upon completion of reflection, contemplation and introspection, the next logical step for you is to work out a systematic game plan, whereby you need to translate all your long-range goals and objectives into specific, prioritised and executable tasks which you must do daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and even annually, in hot pursuit of your desired outcomes or cherished dreams.GOALS, PRIORITIES, PLAN, set your directions and direct your focus on the things that matter to you the most.In a nut shell, GOALS, PRIORITIES PLAN, give your the reasons for getting out of bed quickly every morning, and for staying - and feeling - alive.GOALS, PRIORITIES PLAN, are like precise commands preset into the flight plan of a Tomahawk missile, homing on to a predefined long-distance target, to use a military analogy.All the strategic and tactical initiatives, as laid out in your systematic game plan, will embody the envisaged vivid image of your ultimate success achievement, which you are more than likely to hold in your head, thus serving as your personal driving force, keeping you inspired, motivated and focused, in the hot pursuit of your desired outcomes or cherished dreams.I have already written extensively about goal setting and goal achieving, including how to set up an systematic game plan on Quora. You can search their archives.