4 Steps to Learning Success

1. Understand

2. Process

3. Create

4. Practice

Understand

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Process

ChunkingHighlightingKey wordsGlossariesRe-reading

Chunking

The average person can take in four numbers or words at a time, can concentrate on revision for a maximum of 45 minutes at a time and remembers information best shortly before bedtime.

Chunking

Remember 4 words/numbers at a timeRevision max 45 mins.Remember best before bedtime

MnemonicsMind MapsLOCIROTE

Create

Mnemonics

RestExerciseVarietyImaginationStructureIndividualOngoingNot too long

Mnemonics work best when you try to make your own

Mindmaps / Spider Diagrams

Creating the Mindmap makes it memorable!

LOCI

Memory trick of memory masters: 1. Think about a journey you know well2. Think about the landmarks along the way. 3. You then add in images to help you remember information.

Learning by Rote

Read it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again

Practice

Card Cover

Two ways to practice with cards:1. Put the answers on the back, but you will need to remember more at once before you check2. Use a piece of paper and move down to reveal answers as you guess the contents.These techniques are very useful for checking that you know key facts.

Test CardsI read

I cover it up

I test myself

Past Papers

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Quizzes

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4 StepsDone!

Understand

Process

Create

Practice

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