SMARTWAY CLASSES

methods of effective learning

LOUD RECITATION

Many students find that loud recitation of the information they wish to learn helps them to remember it better,
Repeating the information aloud, increases ability to recall through stimulating the hearing sense as well as the visual sense.
1 more benefit of remembering the information by this method is, it also helps in making your concentration better.
remember all religious gurus always use this method for meditation.

APPLICATION OF VISUAL SENSE

Transforming ideas into DIAGRAMS/IMAGES or FLOW CHARTS is another way to increase your sensory input.
In addition to the extra thought involved in developing an IMAGE, recall of that information will often be increased simply because of the newly created visual structure e. g. if u want to learn cicirculatory system a diagram from tissues > heart > lung > heart > body tissues can be better understood by the following picture














This way you can use your creativity to make images out of the information which you want to remember
and it is not necessary that this image should make any sense .
All you want is a stimulus to recall.
make a secret notebook of all your images for rapid revision in the future
You can then study the material by covering your notes and using the IMAGES to help you recall as much as you can.
To improve recall, this procedure is repeated until you are able to recall each idea completely.

WRITING

Research shows that the motor activity involved in the act of WRITING out information which you want to learn helps you to remember it better.
So always make a habit to write down the information which you want to learn.
Writing it again and again will help in better learning and understanding of the information.

STUDY CARDS

A good variation of this method is to write the summary word or phrase on one side of a small card
and place the information you want to recall on the other side.
STUDY CARDS offer two important advantages.
First, the work involved in making the cards helps you begin to learn.
You write and you learn
Secondly, study cards allow you to physically separate and focus on one piece of information at a time, which can be important for some learners. it helps in better concentration and understanding of the information.

GROUPING

There are two methods which can be of aid when you must learn long lists of information like causes of…factors of etc. .
The first is called GROUPING and refers to
breaking the list into related groups of information.
To make it more effective, make sure that each group contains only those items which have something in common.
When you cannot group information or you need to recall a list in a specific order, you might want to use a word or sentence called MNEMONIC

MNEMONIC

these are often verbal,
something such as a very short poem or a special word or phrase used to help a person remember something,
particularly lists
Mnemonics rely on associations between easy-to-remember constructs which can be related back to the data that is to be remembered.
A memorable word can often be created by using first letters of the terms you have to know. Where a word cannot be made, the first letters might be used as the first letters of words in a sentence.