More Effective Learning – A Simple Technique
By Steve Gillman
Introductory comments by Royane Real
Author of “Your Quick Guide to Improving Your Learning Ability”
Brain scientists have confirmed what parents, teachers, and even dog owners have always known – that repetition is one of the most effective ways to learn something new.
When we repeat an action over and over again, we strengthen the connections between the brain cells that fire whenever we do this activity. Then the next time we do the same activity again, that particular route for a signal to move in our brains will work better and be more efficient.
The same thing is true when we are learning new information. Repetition helps to strengthen the connections where the information is stored and with more repetition it becomes easier to recall.
Repetition isn’t the only way to learn information. In fact, repetition has some drawbacks as a method for learning and teaching. For one thing, it’s very time-consuming.
And it’s tedious. It doesn’t really involve the brain very actively in the learning process.
Just think back to your days in school when you may have had to memorize long lists of state capitals, or dates in history, and you will remember how boring repetition can be.
There are many learning techniques that will get your brain more actively involved in learning new information.
As author Steve Gillman mentions in the article below, one very effective way to improve your understanding and retention of new information is to teach the material to somebody else.
Trying to teach someone else is a good technique for improving your memory and understanding of what you are teaching, but this technique also has its drawbacks. For example, you can’t always finding someone willing to listen to you.
Now Steve Gillman shows you a new technique that you can learn to use to pretend that you are teaching someone. You don’t actually have to carry out the activity for your brain to benefit from the experience.
In many cases, you can learn just as effectively if you simply imagine yourself in great detail, carrying out the desired activity.
( The above introductory comments are by Royane Real, who is the author of the special report “Your Quick Guide to Improving Your Learning Ability” Available at http://www.lulu.com/real )
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Feature article
More Effective Learning – A Simple Technique
By Steve Gillman
More effective learning can be accomplished simply by spending more time memorizing and reviewing information. The problem with that approach is that there is only so much time that you can devote to any one pursuit.
A better approach is to use techniques that make learning easier in less time. Here is an example of one.
More Effective Learning By Teaching
Suppose you want to learn about economics, and more specifically about the way that the money supply affects the economy. You read about it, but it just doesn't "stick."
Then a friend asks you what you are studying, and you start to explain. You have a book or some of your other study materials in front of you, so you refer to these and tell him how the "velocity" of money - the number of times money is loaned out, deposited in banks and reloaned - can increase the money supply.
Suddenly it is starting to make sense to you. The more you explain what you are learning to someone else, the more you remember the material. This is normal. Perhaps one of the most effective ways to learn something is to teach it to another.
There are a couple problems with this "learning technique," however. The first problem is that you have to find someone who is willing to listen to you.
Such victims, or "students" may be tough to come by. The second problem is the time this will take. You not only have to spend the time to find your listeners, but then you have to spend a fair amount of time "teaching" them the material.
More Effective Learning - A Better Way
Fortunately there is a solution to these problems. You can get much of the benefit of teaching if you can vividly imagine yourself teaching the material. This can totally change your perspective and make your learning more efficient.
To develop this ability to mentally "teach" while studying, it may help to first do some real teaching.
Do a little bit of real teaching with a friend, if you have never done much explaining and teaching before. This will give you an idea of how to explain things. It also will help you more vividly imagine the mental lessons you'll be giving in your head.
Now, as you study, always keep the idea in mind that you will be teaching what you're learning.
Vividly imagine how you will teach it. If, for example, you were studying evolution, you would see yourself writing an example on a chalkboard.
You would look at your imaginary students and hear yourself explaining how natural selection isn't about individual animals adapting to their environments, but about those that are not already suited to it dying out, leaving the more suited ones to reproduce.
You'll notice that these imagined lessons go much faster than real ones, and your students will only interrupt you with relevant questions. You'll also notice that you can remember the material much better when you use this exercise in imagination. It is a powerful technique for more effective learning.
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