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Revising Doesn't Help You Learn Better
05:33 - 12:51 (07:18)
Many teachers still focus on making content easy for their students, but research shows that this actually hinders learning. The most important factor in learning is putting in effort to retrieve information from memory rather than simply reviewing notes or content over and over again.
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Despite our inclination to make learning as easy as possible, research shows that struggling with difficult information actually leads to better long-term retention and understanding of the material.
05:33 - 09:10 (03:37)
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Despite our inclination to make learning as easy as possible, research shows that struggling with difficult information actually leads to better long-term retention and understanding of the material. This challenges the conventional wisdom that we should try to make studying and learning as effortless as possible.
ChapterRevising Doesn't Help You Learn Better
Episode#231 - Ali Abdaal - How To Learn & Remember Anything, Fast
PodcastModern Wisdom
Testing yourself on a subject before even starting to learn it has been shown to significantly improve learning outcomes according to studies done on college and university students.
09:10 - 12:51 (03:41)
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Testing yourself on a subject before even starting to learn it has been shown to significantly improve learning outcomes according to studies done on college and university students. This method of learning is more effective than rereading notes multiple times or revising extensively.