Study Skills/Learning

karlitob

Hi all,

Any advice would be appreciated. I used to be able to remember an awful lot of things very easily - I used all sorts of ways to do it. I did, however, fail first year in college and since then I've had zero confidence in my academic ability. With that in mind, would anyone have any helpful formats of how to study and retain information. Love to hear suggestions on planning, revision, etc etc but also different types and ways of remembering ie writing, reviewing, spidograms, etc etc. I'm looking for as many ways to help me remember as possible.

Thanks

spurious

You need to find out what sort of a learner you are (visual, aural, musical etc.) and tailor your study to suit that.

You could do it before and still can.

karlitob

spurious wrote: »

You need to find out what sort of a learner you are (visual, aural, musical etc.) and tailor your study to suit that.

You could do it before and still can.

Thanks.

I'm not sure how I learn. I think, a little of everything. I think visual - pics and text. Any hints on how to best use that to learn?

Chris68

I'm a visual learner myself. My study notes tend to be mindmaps. Lots and lots of mindmaps. They are colour coded. Centre of the map - most important points - are darkest colours and get lighter/brighter as I work out. Then when I'm in exams I can visualise the map and tend to remember there were 3 black bits, 7 green bits, or whatever. I have no method for remembering what exactly the bits are but I do tend to get them eventually!

karlitob

Chris68 wrote: »

I'm a visual learner myself. My study notes tend to be mindmaps. Lots and lots of mindmaps. They are colour coded. Centre of the map - most important points - are darkest colours and get lighter/brighter as I work out. Then when I'm in exams I can visualise the map and tend to remember there were 3 black bits, 7 green bits, or whatever. I have no method for remembering what exactly the bits are but I do tend to get them eventually!

Good idea - thanks for the tip. I use MindNode sometimes - but alas not enough.

Keep them coming guys - loving this thread

whiteandlight

I learn better from my own notes than from books. I bullet point work into small sets of bullet points using colour pens for important words. Learning what information to pull out into the bullet points also helped.

I tend not to remember paragraphs or large chunks of information but mind maps fry my brain coz I like order!

You'll need to try lots of methods a few times before you'll know which will work for you!

evolving_doors

I think pigeon-holing your learning styles into visual,auditory or kinesthetic etc can limit your potential. Try everything people suggest basically, personally I learn by writing and re-drafting. Discussing things in study groups works too. Going to a library where everyone else is studying motivates me too (if I have to study at home I just end up doing anything but).