Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Switch Passive Learning Tasks to Active Ones for Better Studying April 09, 2014 at 12:51AM

"Self-testing is an active task. Re-reading notes is a passive one. The Feynman Technique is an active task. Skimming is a passive one. A good rule of thumb is that if there's no point in your studying routine where you have the possibility of finding out you're incorrect, it isn't an active task."

via Facebook http://ift.tt/1kkbcnW When you have to study a lot, your focus can waver. In such cases, the kind of studying you do can have a big effect on how much you learn. Scott H Young, author of Learn More Study Less, suggests switching from passive learning to active learning tasks to make better use of shorter study hours.

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