I don't usually memorize. All I do is understand the concepts and definitions and make essays. Summarizing the long detailed texts into one "in-the-nutshell" paragraph. I just memorize keywords and try to remember their definitions. Also rereading the textbook until I fully understand it. Yes. It takes sacrficing 30 minutes to 1 hour for rereading a book everyday. But it's worth it. Applying the knowledge to your daily life. And then teaching it to others makes it even more memorable and meaningful.
1) Write titles not as statements but questions (helps with thinking about the answer) 2) divide the page into two halves, with one side asking questions and the other answering them.
Amazing! I think a conclusion I get is that if you find a way that actually benefits you then don’t get affected by other ways, like I am now a first tear medical student and I started with anki and I just couldn’t get my head around it specially beacuse I used to study with pen and paper for my whole life so changing that was going to be hard for me, I will try this method it looks lovely. Thank you hibbear!!!
Thank you soo much for this video! I always had a problem with making falshcards because I used to keep losing them everywhere and it took a lot of time for me to make a Flashcard out of paper. I really wish I watched your video earlier 😭😭
Thank you so much for thus tip! I am preparing for my Nclex RN in a couple of mos and still finding a good study plan that will work for me! I will definitely try this cuz you're right, Anki is so difficult to begin with. lol
I was struggling on what will work for me when I study. So I decided to use flashcards instead of writing in a notebook, but it didn't work for me. When I saw your video and said I should try this. Thank you for sharing
What about spaced repetition? How often do you go through your notes ? Do you follow a particular schedule on how often you revisit and do the active recall?
Hi, thanks for watching! During exam time, I will usually revisit and go through all my notes on a weekly basis around 5-6 weeks before my exam, then decreasing this to every few days around 2-3 weeks before and then in the last week I will go through them every day. After my exams are over I don’t have a set schedule of how frequently I will go through old notes as we always get given so much new content to learn! But I will do this every so often whenever I have some spare time. I hope that helps.
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! HONESTLY WHEN I GOT INTO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL I TRIED TO FIT IN WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T NOTE THINGS DOWN, AND THAT HONESTLY DID NOT WORK FOR ME.I AM SO GLAD I FOUND SOMEONE TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD, I WAS ALMOST FEELING LIKE IT BECAME A CRIME TO TAKE DOWN NOTES LIKE THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE YOUR BROWS TOO! SO PERFECT
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment ☺️ I hope you don’t feel that way anymore. Remember, if something works for you then always stick to it regardless of what others are doing. Good luck with your medical school journey 🌟
It is helpful. Thanks.But main problem with your written notebook(for active recall) is that you have to write the answer of the each question.Sometimes really you have to write big question answer that takes 2/3 page..It seems too time consuming.You can mark your answer in your guide book/text book/lecture note.And put a same number(like, Q89,Q90) beside those question(for Active recall) and the text book/lecture note. When you can not recall some queation anymore you can easily find those answer.It is more time saving.thx.
Thx I will definitely try it.❤ Anki and digital flashcards don't let me to actually paint mind maping process on flashcards, only linear notes are not effective so if I synthesis this two thing + mind maping I think would work very well ❤ ❤ after watching hundreds of videos in which people just speaking and at last I got nothing actual to help me make study process easy your video was definitely useful. Thank you again ❤
This is such a great idea! One question, do you do the questions while you listen to the lecture at class? or do you take notes in class and you do the questions later when u study?
That is a great question! I take all the notes down as normal in the lectures and do this at home so I can filter out all the best information. I find that it is too rushed to do this during the actual lecture.
thank you for this! i feel like its always time consuming to start doing flash cards y typing them. i dont learn that way but Ill for sure be using your method!
Hi! I have used this method in high school, but now going to a four-year uni I am struggling with keeping up. Do you have any types on how to keep up with lecture using this type of note style? I was thinking of maybe writing initial notes in whatever style and just going back and rewriting them in cornell note method which is similar to the style you have. Do you have any advice? Thank you for the video by the way!
Hi Veronica, thank you for watching the video! I would 100% agree with you. This is a method I use when it gets close to my exams to memorise the content, not the method to initially take notes when I am first learning about the topic. When studying a lecture I would take notes as normal i.e. writing/typing out all of the information that the lecturer gives. When I go back to revising the lecture near exam time, I would then convert all of the important pieces of information that I need to memorise into this form. I hope that helps. Good luck with your studies!
Give it a go if you think it may work for you. For me I think I would want all my content in one place, rather than half on the screen and half in a book.
Doesn’t this make you struggle with creating a linear explanation about a topic that includes more of these questions? I fear to end up being able to answer very specific questions but not developing a linear explanation of the whole topic. What’s your experience with this particular thing?
Not at all, this is part of what makes it a better alternative to tiny flashcards (using which I definitely did only learn specific isolated details). Incorporating longer notes means you can add in and learn the bigger explanations. I also group them together with information on the same/similar topics in the same section of the book which helps with maintaining overall understanding of the topic.
Yes if you want to! For me writing them by hand helps me remember more but recently during med school when I have had lots to go through I have been typing notes as well :)
With multiple subjects to study, how do you have time to review all your notes and remember all the content for each class. Active recall helps me when I’m focus on one subject. However the depth of material in multiple subject Im still having a hard time with recall
It can certainly be difficult making the time to review all the information and revision material you have created. For me, it just came down to starting early when I know an exam is upcoming, and then actively organising my time and scheduling in revision of this old material amid creating new notes, instead of focusing only on creation of further material.
Yes I think you can certainly do it on an iPad. It will definitely be more green and save lots of paper. For me I have an iPad mini, and I am also not the best at the iPad notes function. But I imagine it can work really well for someone used to making notes on their iPad
hey hi hibbear is ACTIVE RECALL need any memorisation like seals are made up of steatite, agate, chier,copper ,fieance,terracota in harappa in that seals animals used as mark like unicorn , rhino , elephant, bull , buffalo , tiger ,goat,bison in this list after completely understanding what it is ,and for making list memorisation is required right , this is example . actaully i am learning some coding , abstract things , cloud etc by active recall its working good , for increasing efficeincy connecting each other make recall it more fast right , or trying to recall it without any mnemonic tools ? thank you , hope you reply
@@hibbear when we read paragraph about something , in that paragraph there is list of things. By using active recall it takes sometime i mean we willnt recall it fast ,it takes sometime to recall one after other in list , But by using link method we grasp the content ...right .??? My question is understanding + active recall Or Understanding + memory techniques+ active recall + spaced reputations??
As a highschool student who's school is heavy on memorizing facts sometimes pointlessly I can approve that this works. It also reduces time you spend preparing on the test and makes you more engaged on the class since you are making connection if the information your know. Id also suggest that you take a look at blooms taxonomy too because if you find a way to fit it in it will be very life-changing for you.
@@hibbear hi honestly your a life saver I’m doing gcse this year in May/June and I found a perfect way to retain information allumdullillah thanks to you
It's encouraging to know that there's someone like me who doesn't follow the crowd. I am an alumnus of AIIMS Delhi (India's premier medical institute), and I never used an iPad, flashcards, or any other form of digital notes to pass India's most difficult medical entrance exam. For each chapter, I like to make short notes and mindmaps on a sheet of A3 paper. I try to jot down as many important points as I can on that one sheet and revise it several times. Throughout my preparation, I remember having only one file of notes while my friends created heaps of flashcards and digital folders, which I believe is the most foolish thing to do for any competitive exam.
@@hibbear nah digital things do beat pen and paper revision because of a spaced repetition. Whilst you can actively recall paper notes, spaced repetition is way too challenging this way. It is not noticeable when you are preparing for an exam, because the goal is to pass via answering certain questions and remembering a limited amount of info, but if you aim at long-term knowledge, and I am talking years here, digital space repetition is a way better tool to use. I have one dec for my whole med school material and I have millions of cards, some cards already pop up once a year and I still remember that information whilst I do not remember the paper scripts I used to prepare for certain exams, even though I reviewed and repeated it many times. I do agree though that having thousands of decs, especially premade by someone else and not based on the material you learned and reviewed yourself is super useless since you do not get a full understanding of the subject and will not do millions of decs anyways.
@@hibbear yeah it definitely depends on the goal! Some things are only exam relevant and not clinically relevant at all so it makes no sense to perform space repetition in this case, but when it comes to clinically relevant info, especially very challenging things like labs or diagnostical criteria, digital space repetition works better in my opinion :)
Exactly how I prepared for my 10th boards. Really helped me visualise and frame the answer in my own words. My criticism with this method is it gave me amazing results BUT I ended up forgetting it all like a week after the exams. Not that it matters now, but do you know any ways to remember for a longer period of time? Also, great video, subbed and liked.
Thank you Shivam for watching and subscribing! I think with any revision method, if it is not revisited, it will eventually be forgotten. After exams we don't tend to go back and revise at spaced intervals as frequently as we did in the run up. Perhaps that could be the reason?
Don’t waste time writing the answers. The answers are already in the textbook so highlight them when you first read the texts. Just write the questions and use your textbook for the answers. I learned it from one of Ali Abdaal’s videos when he talked about the way one of his friends studies and I thought it was kinda neat so i followed it and it was a lifesaver for my finals.
Even as a Anki poweruser this method seems quite useful. One issue with flashcards is they require you to heavily quantize information into bite sized pieces. I find that this can hinder the understanding of a large concept and cause you to miss the forest for the trees. You can end up remembering a bunch of individual facts without understanding how they connect, leading to a weak understanding of the overall system. My guess is you could have the opposite issue with your system - for the larger answers, you probably have a great understanding overall but may be weaker on individual details since you aren't testing yourself on those as rigorously. Have you run into this as an issue? Thanks for posting this!
Hi, thanks so much for watching and for your insightful comment! I actually haven’t run into this as an issue, just because I can make the sections as small as I want. For example, I do have pages where the entire page is divided into questions which have one word or one sentence answers. That allows me to get the small details in too, and I will test myself on these just as frequently as the large answers. What I like about this method is that you have full control to size the sections as big, and as small as you choose to. I certainly do see where you are coming from and agree that this can definitely be the case for those who choose to only do this for large answers. :)
@@hibbear Thank you for making the video! Just a clarifying question, when you write a big answer that contains many specific details, do you then also make separate one word/sentence questions that ask about those specific details? Would definitely like to see a video where you tackle a specific topic and make some example notes.
Nope, I don’t personally do that, and I wouldn’t do it on revision cards either. But again it’s entirely up to you to make your notes how you prefer :)
@@rednailz Thanks for your comment. I was looking into remnote, but I was confused about whether to pick it up given there's so many resources already out there for anki. How did you find the transition and what resources did you use to learn Remnote?
great video! you are concise with your explanations, the video length was perfect, the editing was fairly clean and overall, it was quite pleasant. you've earned a sub! you've got beautiful handwriting :) i have feedback, which i hope will be interpreted as constructive. i appreciate how you mention that anki does work for others, and encourage your viewers to try for themselves, that was mature. you mention your dislike for anki stems from not understanding how the software works. personally, in my experience, it is only overwhelming at *first*, it's quite convenient once you get the hang of it, which isn't hard to do, especially with all the incredible how-to guides on RUclips. as for physical revision cards, i too find them quite irritating. however, the lack of space and disorganization are issues you wont have with any online software. physical notes have always been incredibly inconvenient for me, for many many reasons. to me, anki is just a simpler, easier version of what you're doing. although notes do help with processing information, they don't help with memorization, that only happens with dedicated revision, like the questions you make for yourself. my overall input/effort on a software is lower, and the urge to read an answer is less tempting too. i use it as a form of online notes (with titles turned into questions) and the less relevant questions are not as prominent, as they are with physical notes. also, i don't really note down everything, just the details that don't stick. i test myself as often as possible. i only require a laptop/phone/tablet for anki, i can take it anywhere i need to, as opposed to a notebook. my handwriting gets messy and diagrams take ages, which isn't a problem with anki. my method of studying incorporates several methods. i use my customized version of the Pomodoro method, active recall/spaced repetition, flashcards, charts, flow diagrams, writing formulae, etc. that's my 2 cents, different things work for different people, and it's refreshing to see new opinions on study methods. trial and error is the best way to learn. good luck with your channel, and with med school, Hibba!
Thank you for watching the video and also for your lovely comment, I really do appreciate it ☺️ you’ve encouraged me to give online methods another try! I really do wish I can get the hang of the software at some point because it seems to be helpful to so many. Thank you for your kind wishes and I hope you have a lovely day :)
I’m so happy you found it helpful 🥰 if colour helps you then definitely incorporate it! I usually add some colour to my notes too. I made these ones for my latest exam which I revised for last minute so didn’t get the time to highlight 😂 the only thing I’d say is you should try and stick to something quick like highlighting so that you’re spending most of the time actually making or revising the notes instead of adding colour. Also try to highlight key words only. It’s easy to get carried away with it and in the past I’ve ended up highlighting almost every word on the page! Which then defeats the purpose of helping your eyes quickly focus onto some key parts of the text. Definitely add colour to help you bring your attention to certain parts of the notes, but not to make your notes look pretty, as that is too time consuming and won’t help with the learning!
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I'm really excited to try this method. As a first year Medical Student I'm still learning, HOW TO STUDY to be effective. I've already come to the conclusion that writing long notes, doesn't work, and takes up a lot of time. I want to find the way, that helps me to perform well on exams. Thank you for your video🥰 Lots of love from Hungary!
The style of your notes is called cornell notes (probably someone said that before). You can buy notebooks in the cornell if you don't want to create them yourself.
Thank you so much i was so annoyed... And was looking for something like this..i just needed a confirmation.. And it seems like u just made the Video for me❤️
I love Anki and Remnote! But I'm concerned about looking at screen the whole day for years and years studying. I don't wanna get blind. So I'm gonna try it! Thank you!
I have a question, do you always ask yourself in a particular order? Since it looks like that we only memorise it based on its chronological order as if we're memorizing a list of vocabs in class.
Thanks for watching and for your comment. I try and mix the order up by dividing it into sections and starting from a different section each time but it’s not as easy to mix up the order for each individual question as it is with normal flashcards, unless you’re really good at remembering which ones you’ve covered already on each page. I don’t see why that would be an issue though, as long as you are able to memorise them in the end.
Your experience is your best evidence. I don't think you should change what has been working very well for you, in order to conform to some evidence-based findings.
Great video, thank you for this! How would you time the gaps between each study session for a particular topic? For example, if I were to revise a topic on the history of tea, how would I know when to revisit this topic in future?
Hey, thanks for the comment. This will vary from person to person and will depend on several things including how confident you are in the topic, how many other sets of notes you have to revisit, how much time you have left till the exam. I would try to revisit at least once a fortnight so that you don't forget, but this may be more or less frequent for you if you have more/less work to cover. As exams become closer, I tend to increase revisits.
Hi, thanks for watching the video! I can’t really say for sure because with revision techniques it’s usually less about the subject you’re revising and more about how the individual person likes to study and what works for them. Some business students will find that it works really well and other business students may not like it. I’d say just give it a try to see if it ends up working for you. 🙂
So for business ....just make what you are learning practical. Practice solving questions often and also do this similar revision for the idea behind the maths or the concepts
You are amazing. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! I love flashcards but making them are so life consuming, I decide to just skip out on them entirely. Thank you from a 9th grader!!!!!!!!
i also use this technique! glad that you do it too. i do it esp i only have my phone for studying/everything. but you still help me in making a concise(?) way in doing this. thank you!
hey I got 2 question. I've been seeing this strategy recently on youtube (making questions instead of notes), so was wondering what happens if in the future like in 1 year or later u forget something. What do u do if you don't have your notes that you made with all the info to go back to. bc all you have is questions and ur not going to remember. And also, does this strategy actually helps the understanding of the concepts and linking ideas instead of just rote memorization and repetition? it seems its just learning isolated information without seeing the big picture. im just curious bc another youtuber is saying to learn u need "high order learning" following blooms taxonomy and it has to be the top level. not the base level.
Thanks for the questions. If I understood correctly, you are asking 1) what happens if you don't have all the longer notes to go back to, and 2) does it actually help with understanding rather than just memorisation? Firstly, this is not my initial method of taking the actual notes. This is what I do to condense the notes that I have already taken, for the purpose of revision. Therefore, I will always still have both versions of the notes (long initial notes and converted to questions), and I can go back to either of them in the future. Secondly, the whole purpose of making these longer notes is that it helps with understanding more than using flashcards. Because you can add longer pieces of information, you are not only memorising isolated facts. Rather, you can revise the larger concept which helps with understanding. I hope that helps!
Hey! Thanks for watching ☺️ I have a video about my entire process for revising anatomy. I hope you find it useful! ruclips.net/video/HkU8kWao7zM/видео.html
I recommend this method over Anki. In Med School it was crazy hard to keep up with reviews on Anki the way the algorythm works. This way you can at least get thru a topic once and then go back. In Anki you might get 10% of what you wanted to get do and get bogged down reviewing the 10 cards you keep getting wrong and quit, never even reviewing the rest of the new and old cards you need to get thru and revise. Anki was soul crushing.
Oh my gosh this was one of my biggest issues with Anki. It kept showing me the same few cards that I was getting wrong and we would never get past that 🥲
I'm a 2nd year med student with a broken laptop and an empty wallet. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THIS IS LIFE SAVING
This is insanely useful. Good luck with your studies!
How are things going, update?
Everything okay??
I don't usually memorize. All I do is understand the concepts and definitions and make essays.
Summarizing the long detailed texts into one "in-the-nutshell" paragraph.
I just memorize keywords and try to remember their definitions.
Also rereading the textbook until I fully understand it. Yes. It takes sacrficing 30 minutes to 1 hour for rereading a book everyday. But it's worth it.
Applying the knowledge to your daily life. And then teaching it to others makes it even more memorable and meaningful.
1) Write titles not as statements but questions (helps with thinking about the answer)
2) divide the page into two halves, with one side asking questions and the other answering them.
U da real 1
Then how to remember the question ?
I feel that I retain better when I hand write my notes. This is helpful. Thank you 🙏🏼
Amazing! I think a conclusion I get is that if you find a way that actually benefits you then don’t get affected by other ways, like I am now a first tear medical student and I started with anki and I just couldn’t get my head around it specially beacuse I used to study with pen and paper for my whole life so changing that was going to be hard for me, I will try this method it looks lovely. Thank you hibbear!!!
Thank you soo much for this video! I always had a problem with making falshcards because I used to keep losing them everywhere and it took a lot of time for me to make a Flashcard out of paper. I really wish I watched your video earlier 😭😭
I have been looking for something like this...I hate flash cards but I always wanted to try active recall as a study method
I’m glad you can now give this a try 🙌🏽 thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for thus tip! I am preparing for my Nclex RN in a couple of mos and still finding a good study plan that will work for me! I will definitely try this cuz you're right, Anki is so difficult to begin with. lol
It definitely is. Let me know how it goes, and good luck for your studies! :)
I was struggling on what will work for me when I study. So I decided to use flashcards instead of writing in a notebook, but it didn't work for me. When I saw your video and said I should try this. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching! Yess please do update us on how you get on ☺️ good luck with your studies.
Did it work for you? :)
@@nathanfoss766 not really, I think. Maybe it'll work for you :33
I do it for my MBA in Notion with Toggle-Notes. Works in the same way. Also, you can transfer it into Anki without any problem.
It's so simple but this method is so amazing, thank you so much for sharing. I can't wait to throw away all of my old messy note cards. :)
Good luck with your studies!
I stress when I think I run outta room, thank you, good show
Thank you for watching! :)
I like the two-column approach in your notebook. I'm going to do this for this upcoming Fall semester. It's a great idea!
What about spaced repetition? How often do you go through your notes ? Do you follow a particular schedule on how often you revisit and do the active recall?
Hi, thanks for watching! During exam time, I will usually revisit and go through all my notes on a weekly basis around 5-6 weeks before my exam, then decreasing this to every few days around 2-3 weeks before and then in the last week I will go through them every day. After my exams are over I don’t have a set schedule of how frequently I will go through old notes as we always get given so much new content to learn! But I will do this every so often whenever I have some spare time. I hope that helps.
Will try this out as I prep for our final exams 2 weeks from now☺️💕
How did they go? Hope they went really well ☺️
Currently 2nd year medical student from malaysia.Tq for the tips !
Hope it’s going well!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! HONESTLY WHEN I GOT INTO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL I TRIED TO FIT IN WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T NOTE THINGS DOWN, AND THAT HONESTLY DID NOT WORK FOR ME.I AM SO GLAD I FOUND SOMEONE TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD, I WAS ALMOST FEELING LIKE IT BECAME A CRIME TO TAKE DOWN NOTES LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE YOUR BROWS TOO! SO PERFECT
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment ☺️ I hope you don’t feel that way anymore. Remember, if something works for you then always stick to it regardless of what others are doing. Good luck with your medical school journey 🌟
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
@@hibbear
thank you!!! I though I'm the only one that hated Anki, I'll be preparing for usmle step 1 with your method 🥰
Good luck!!
It is helpful. Thanks.But main problem with your written notebook(for active recall) is that you have to write the answer of the each question.Sometimes really you have to write big question answer that takes 2/3 page..It seems too time consuming.You can mark your answer in your guide book/text book/lecture note.And put a same number(like, Q89,Q90) beside those question(for Active recall) and the text book/lecture note. When you can not recall some queation anymore you can easily find those answer.It is more time saving.thx.
Wouldn’t that be less efficient because you’re not physically writing the answer down to help you retain better?
If you think this will work better for you, definitely go ahead and try. This is just my approach ☺️
Thx I will definitely try it.❤ Anki and digital flashcards don't let me to actually paint mind maping process on flashcards, only linear notes are not effective so if I synthesis this two thing + mind maping I think would work very well ❤ ❤ after watching hundreds of videos in which people just speaking and at last I got nothing actual to help me make study process easy your video was definitely useful. Thank you again ❤
I’m the exact same! Thanks for watching ☺️
This is such a great idea! One question, do you do the questions while you listen to the lecture at class? or do you take notes in class and you do the questions later when u study?
That is a great question! I take all the notes down as normal in the lectures and do this at home so I can filter out all the best information. I find that it is too rushed to do this during the actual lecture.
Thanks alot my mom hates me cutting flash cards so now I will take ur advice
thank you for this! i feel like its always time consuming to start doing flash cards y typing them. i dont learn that way but Ill for sure be using your method!
Good luck with it!
just happened to stumble upon this video, thank you so much, very very helpful 😊😊😊
Thank you for watching!
We evolve so much in these minute processes of making us an ideal academic subjects!
Thanks!!! It is a revolutionary idea hahah! I'll be using it asap, I got tired of reviewing anki flashcards 😂
Great method, thank you so much ! , i was struggling too.
Girl you’re a savoir thank you so much for this video! It wil really help me a lot.
Aww thank you for watching!
Thank you 🎉 I will try your method.
Very nice technique. Thanks.
Thank you!! I am going to try this!
What a simple but effective idea; thank you.
Good pointers many thanks.
Thank you so much! you are a lifesaver!
Great video. So helpful. Thanks a million
Thanks for watching Liesl! :)
Hi! I have used this method in high school, but now going to a four-year uni I am struggling with keeping up. Do you have any types on how to keep up with lecture using this type of note style? I was thinking of maybe writing initial notes in whatever style and just going back and rewriting them in cornell note method which is similar to the style you have. Do you have any advice? Thank you for the video by the way!
Hi Veronica, thank you for watching the video! I would 100% agree with you. This is a method I use when it gets close to my exams to memorise the content, not the method to initially take notes when I am first learning about the topic. When studying a lecture I would take notes as normal i.e. writing/typing out all of the information that the lecturer gives. When I go back to revising the lecture near exam time, I would then convert all of the important pieces of information that I need to memorise into this form. I hope that helps. Good luck with your studies!
You are amazing!! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much. Specially for your layout ❤️.. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
Thank you very much for watching 🥰
Hii,do you recite whatever you read out loud?
Or just in your mind, silently?
Hi, thanks for your comment. I read it out loud. It helps so much with memorisation.
@@hibbear Thanks for the reply
This was good. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Really helpfull. thank you 👍
A quit solid technique
i want to use your method to memories newwords, but can u tell my how long to reivew my note?
Thank you !
Hi, What if you write questions on a google doc (and highlight them red green yellow based on difficulty) and answers on a notebook?
Give it a go if you think it may work for you. For me I think I would want all my content in one place, rather than half on the screen and half in a book.
@@hibbear thank you… great content by the way!
@@rogermustafaraj6204 thank you!
hiii! do you have tips on learning one topic with multiple resources:)
Doesn’t this make you struggle with creating a linear explanation about a topic that includes more of these questions? I fear to end up being able to answer very specific questions but not developing a linear explanation of the whole topic. What’s your experience with this particular thing?
Not at all, this is part of what makes it a better alternative to tiny flashcards (using which I definitely did only learn specific isolated details). Incorporating longer notes means you can add in and learn the bigger explanations. I also group them together with information on the same/similar topics in the same section of the book which helps with maintaining overall understanding of the topic.
@@hibbear thank you so much
Thank you
your note taking style is basically cornell notes i think
I’ve learnt this from the comments :)
Thank you so so so much
Thank you for watching ☺️
Can we type the notes out instead?
Yes if you want to! For me writing them by hand helps me remember more but recently during med school when I have had lots to go through I have been typing notes as well :)
With multiple subjects to study, how do you have time to review all your notes and remember all the content for each class. Active recall helps me when I’m focus on one subject. However the depth of material in multiple subject Im still having a hard time with recall
It can certainly be difficult making the time to review all the information and revision material you have created. For me, it just came down to starting early when I know an exam is upcoming, and then actively organising my time and scheduling in revision of this old material amid creating new notes, instead of focusing only on creation of further material.
Ily thank you so much
Thank you for watching! 🙂
Best 🤩💥🙏💪
Would this method replicate well on an ipad? If yes could you do a tutorial or something thank you.
Yes I think you can certainly do it on an iPad. It will definitely be more green and save lots of paper. For me I have an iPad mini, and I am also not the best at the iPad notes function. But I imagine it can work really well for someone used to making notes on their iPad
Great middle ground!
Thanks for watching!
u re amazing !
Thank you for watching!🥰
I’m sorry but isn’t this the same exact thing as flash cards like Quizlet? R u suppose to do these during class somehow????
No, it isn’t. For starters it’s hand written, not digital/online, which is literally the premise of the entire video.
hey hi hibbear is ACTIVE RECALL need any memorisation like
seals are made up of steatite, agate, chier,copper ,fieance,terracota in harappa in that seals animals used as mark like unicorn , rhino , elephant, bull , buffalo , tiger ,goat,bison
in this list after completely understanding what it is ,and for making list memorisation is required right , this is example . actaully i am learning some coding , abstract things , cloud etc
by active recall its working good , for increasing efficeincy connecting each other make recall it more fast right , or trying to recall it without any mnemonic tools ?
thank you , hope you reply
Hi, thanks for your comment. I'm not sure I understand what you're asking?
@@hibbear when we read paragraph about something , in that paragraph there is list of things.
By using active recall it takes sometime i mean we willnt recall it fast ,it takes sometime to recall one after other in list ,
But by using link method we grasp the content ...right .???
My question is understanding + active recall
Or
Understanding + memory techniques+ active recall + spaced reputations??
Hi hiba! Could a 630 avg with a band 1 and strong gcse's be considered in Manchester 😭. Please help thankyou xx
Hi Tanujj, thanks for watching the video. Yes I don’t see why you can’t apply to Manchester with this score. What are your GCSEs like?
It is useful note
very nice
Thank you!
@@hibbear tuc bhout cute aw 😙
This is the basis for flashcards. This is cheap comparing to mobile and laptops if u already have those apps are best.
Ay magaling ka
Make titles a question
Notes lay out
Divide in half, write question on one side and have the answer on the other side
Cover one side
As a highschool student who's school is heavy on memorizing facts sometimes pointlessly I can approve that this works. It also reduces time you spend preparing on the test and makes you more engaged on the class since you are making connection if the information your know. Id also suggest that you take a look at blooms taxonomy too because if you find a way to fit it in it will be very life-changing for you.
Thank you for watching and for your lovely comment ☺️
What is bloosms taxonomy?
@@hibbear hi honestly your a life saver I’m doing gcse this year in May/June and I found a perfect way to retain information allumdullillah thanks to you
@@Psychology-Facts- thank you so much for watching and for your kind words 🥰 I hope your GCSEs go well!
@@hibbear thank you this technique is so helpful because your consolations the information and tempering it and it’s active recall your the best 🥰🥰🥰
It's encouraging to know that there's someone like me who doesn't follow the crowd. I am an alumnus of AIIMS Delhi (India's premier medical institute), and I never used an iPad, flashcards, or any other form of digital notes to pass India's most difficult medical entrance exam. For each chapter, I like to make short notes and mindmaps on a sheet of A3 paper. I try to jot down as many important points as I can on that one sheet and revise it several times. Throughout my preparation, I remember having only one file of notes while my friends created heaps of flashcards and digital folders, which I believe is the most foolish thing to do for any competitive exam.
I would agree with you. Digital things have their place, but nothing beats pen and paper revision!
@@hibbear nah digital things do beat pen and paper revision because of a spaced repetition. Whilst you can actively recall paper notes, spaced repetition is way too challenging this way. It is not noticeable when you are preparing for an exam, because the goal is to pass via answering certain questions and remembering a limited amount of info, but if you aim at long-term knowledge, and I am talking years here, digital space repetition is a way better tool to use. I have one dec for my whole med school material and I have millions of cards, some cards already pop up once a year and I still remember that information whilst I do not remember the paper scripts I used to prepare for certain exams, even though I reviewed and repeated it many times. I do agree though that having thousands of decs, especially premade by someone else and not based on the material you learned and reviewed yourself is super useless since you do not get a full understanding of the subject and will not do millions of decs anyways.
@@valerie3825 I respect your view & experience. I didn’t have near as many cards as that but definitely makes sense with that many!
@@hibbear yeah it definitely depends on the goal! Some things are only exam relevant and not clinically relevant at all so it makes no sense to perform space repetition in this case, but when it comes to clinically relevant info, especially very challenging things like labs or diagnostical criteria, digital space repetition works better in my opinion :)
Exactly how I prepared for my 10th boards. Really helped me visualise and frame the answer in my own words. My criticism with this method is it gave me amazing results BUT I ended up forgetting it all like a week after the exams. Not that it matters now, but do you know any ways to remember for a longer period of time?
Also, great video, subbed and liked.
Thank you Shivam for watching and subscribing! I think with any revision method, if it is not revisited, it will eventually be forgotten. After exams we don't tend to go back and revise at spaced intervals as frequently as we did in the run up. Perhaps that could be the reason?
@@hibbear yes, definitely. Consistently revising is key.
I love gadgets and new tech, but when it comes to studying I work better writing with a real pen and paper (not digital one).
Same here! Thank you for watching ☺️
Don’t waste time writing the answers. The answers are already in the textbook so highlight them when you first read the texts. Just write the questions and use your textbook for the answers.
I learned it from one of Ali Abdaal’s videos when he talked about the way one of his friends studies and I thought it was kinda neat so i followed it and it was a lifesaver for my finals.
Even as a Anki poweruser this method seems quite useful. One issue with flashcards is they require you to heavily quantize information into bite sized pieces. I find that this can hinder the understanding of a large concept and cause you to miss the forest for the trees. You can end up remembering a bunch of individual facts without understanding how they connect, leading to a weak understanding of the overall system. My guess is you could have the opposite issue with your system - for the larger answers, you probably have a great understanding overall but may be weaker on individual details since you aren't testing yourself on those as rigorously. Have you run into this as an issue? Thanks for posting this!
Hi, thanks so much for watching and for your insightful comment! I actually haven’t run into this as an issue, just because I can make the sections as small as I want. For example, I do have pages where the entire page is divided into questions which have one word or one sentence answers. That allows me to get the small details in too, and I will test myself on these just as frequently as the large answers. What I like about this method is that you have full control to size the sections as big, and as small as you choose to. I certainly do see where you are coming from and agree that this can definitely be the case for those who choose to only do this for large answers. :)
@@hibbear Thank you for making the video! Just a clarifying question, when you write a big answer that contains many specific details, do you then also make separate one word/sentence questions that ask about those specific details? Would definitely like to see a video where you tackle a specific topic and make some example notes.
Nope, I don’t personally do that, and I wouldn’t do it on revision cards either. But again it’s entirely up to you to make your notes how you prefer :)
You are just not using the cards well. I write full paragraphs as answers to my flashcards.
@@rednailz Thanks for your comment. I was looking into remnote, but I was confused about whether to pick it up given there's so many resources already out there for anki. How did you find the transition and what resources did you use to learn Remnote?
yeah i totally agree with you that taking notes is a more effective way to learn than typing on a computer. 😊
Thank you for watching! ☺️
great video! you are concise with your explanations, the video length was perfect, the editing was fairly clean and overall, it was quite pleasant. you've earned a sub!
you've got beautiful handwriting :)
i have feedback, which i hope will be interpreted as constructive.
i appreciate how you mention that anki does work for others, and encourage your viewers to try for themselves, that was mature.
you mention your dislike for anki stems from not understanding how the software works. personally, in my experience, it is only overwhelming at *first*, it's quite convenient once you get the hang of it, which isn't hard to do, especially with all the incredible how-to guides on RUclips.
as for physical revision cards, i too find them quite irritating.
however, the lack of space and disorganization are issues you wont have with any online software.
physical notes have always been incredibly inconvenient for me, for many many reasons.
to me, anki is just a simpler, easier version of what you're doing.
although notes do help with processing information, they don't help with memorization, that only happens with dedicated revision, like the questions you make for yourself.
my overall input/effort on a software is lower, and the urge to read an answer is less tempting too.
i use it as a form of online notes (with titles turned into questions) and the less relevant questions are not as prominent, as they are with physical notes. also, i don't really note down everything, just the details that don't stick. i test myself as often as possible.
i only require a laptop/phone/tablet for anki, i can take it anywhere i need to, as opposed to a notebook.
my handwriting gets messy and diagrams take ages, which isn't a problem with anki.
my method of studying incorporates several methods.
i use my customized version of the Pomodoro method, active recall/spaced repetition, flashcards, charts, flow diagrams, writing formulae, etc.
that's my 2 cents, different things work for different people, and it's refreshing to see new opinions on study methods.
trial and error is the best way to learn.
good luck with your channel, and with med school, Hibba!
Thank you for watching the video and also for your lovely comment, I really do appreciate it ☺️ you’ve encouraged me to give online methods another try! I really do wish I can get the hang of the software at some point because it seems to be helpful to so many. Thank you for your kind wishes and I hope you have a lovely day :)
this is so helpful! thank you so much. Would you say if we like to have more colorful notes would it be a waste of time or would it be okay?
I’m so happy you found it helpful 🥰 if colour helps you then definitely incorporate it! I usually add some colour to my notes too. I made these ones for my latest exam which I revised for last minute so didn’t get the time to highlight 😂 the only thing I’d say is you should try and stick to something quick like highlighting so that you’re spending most of the time actually making or revising the notes instead of adding colour. Also try to highlight key words only. It’s easy to get carried away with it and in the past I’ve ended up highlighting almost every word on the page! Which then defeats the purpose of helping your eyes quickly focus onto some key parts of the text. Definitely add colour to help you bring your attention to certain parts of the notes, but not to make your notes look pretty, as that is too time consuming and won’t help with the learning!
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I'm really excited to try this method. As a first year Medical Student I'm still learning, HOW TO STUDY to be effective. I've already come to the conclusion that writing long notes, doesn't work, and takes up a lot of time. I want to find the way, that helps me to perform well on exams. Thank you for your video🥰
Lots of love from Hungary!
Thank you for watching Kitti and good luck! ❤️
The style of your notes is called cornell notes (probably someone said that before). You can buy notebooks in the cornell if you don't want to create them yourself.
I’ve been using this method and yes, this is so underrated. As a med student, this helped me a lot on studying a whole chapter easily
I discovered remnote and i find that very useful for note taking and flashcards - saves lot of time for busy physio student !
Thank you so much for the recommendation 🥰
Thank you so much i was so annoyed... And was looking for something like this..i just needed a confirmation.. And it seems like u just made the Video for me❤️
Aww thank you so much for watching! ❤️
I love Anki and Remnote! But I'm concerned about looking at screen the whole day for years and years studying. I don't wanna get blind. So I'm gonna try it! Thank you!
Thank you for watching! I wish you luck with your studies :)
This is quite similar to the Goldlist Method, which is a word list review method used for language learning. Look it up, you might like it.
Will do. Thanks for watching!
I only clicked on the video because she's pretty freaking cute. I don't actually need Study advice🙃. Alright, back to the ICU. Later gang!
Hahaha😂 I actually thought I looked awful in this video but thank you very much! 🥰
I have a question, do you always ask yourself in a particular order? Since it looks like that we only memorise it based on its chronological order as if we're memorizing a list of vocabs in class.
Thanks for watching and for your comment. I try and mix the order up by dividing it into sections and starting from a different section each time but it’s not as easy to mix up the order for each individual question as it is with normal flashcards, unless you’re really good at remembering which ones you’ve covered already on each page. I don’t see why that would be an issue though, as long as you are able to memorise them in the end.
Your experience is your best evidence. I don't think you should change what has been working very well for you, in order to conform to some evidence-based findings.
Great video, thank you for this! How would you time the gaps between each study session for a particular topic? For example, if I were to revise a topic on the history of tea, how would I know when to revisit this topic in future?
Hey, thanks for the comment. This will vary from person to person and will depend on several things including how confident you are in the topic, how many other sets of notes you have to revisit, how much time you have left till the exam. I would try to revisit at least once a fortnight so that you don't forget, but this may be more or less frequent for you if you have more/less work to cover. As exams become closer, I tend to increase revisits.
THANK YOU!!! Im a pre vet student and your way of studying is EXACTLY what I need.
This makes me so happy! Good luck!!
Hi does this method work for business, really struggling with revision can you help?
Hi, thanks for watching the video! I can’t really say for sure because with revision techniques it’s usually less about the subject you’re revising and more about how the individual person likes to study and what works for them. Some business students will find that it works really well and other business students may not like it. I’d say just give it a try to see if it ends up working for you. 🙂
So for business ....just make what you are learning practical. Practice solving questions often and also do this similar revision for the idea behind the maths or the concepts
You are amazing. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! I love flashcards but making them are so life consuming, I decide to just skip out on them entirely. Thank you from a 9th grader!!!!!!!!
Thank you for watching Alyssa, good luck with your studies! 🍀
I’m no longer nervous to start my accelerated program this summer! Thank you 🙏🏼
i also use this technique! glad that you do it too. i do it esp i only have my phone for studying/everything. but you still help me in making a concise(?) way in doing this. thank you!
Thank you for watching! I’m glad it has been helpful ☺️ good luck with your studies.
hey I got 2 question. I've been seeing this strategy recently on youtube (making questions instead of notes), so was wondering what happens if in the future like in 1 year or later u forget something. What do u do if you don't have your notes that you made with all the info to go back to. bc all you have is questions and ur not going to remember. And also, does this strategy actually helps the understanding of the concepts and linking ideas instead of just rote memorization and repetition? it seems its just learning isolated information without seeing the big picture. im just curious bc another youtuber is saying to learn u need "high order learning" following blooms taxonomy and it has to be the top level. not the base level.
Thanks for the questions. If I understood correctly, you are asking 1) what happens if you don't have all the longer notes to go back to, and 2) does it actually help with understanding rather than just memorisation? Firstly, this is not my initial method of taking the actual notes. This is what I do to condense the notes that I have already taken, for the purpose of revision. Therefore, I will always still have both versions of the notes (long initial notes and converted to questions), and I can go back to either of them in the future. Secondly, the whole purpose of making these longer notes is that it helps with understanding more than using flashcards. Because you can add longer pieces of information, you are not only memorising isolated facts. Rather, you can revise the larger concept which helps with understanding. I hope that helps!
Hey there! Great video. How do you study for anatomy? which is more visual. I'm struggling through it and anki isn't helping.
Hey! Thanks for watching ☺️ I have a video about my entire process for revising anatomy. I hope you find it useful! ruclips.net/video/HkU8kWao7zM/видео.html
thank you
thank you
This is actually a great study tip. Never would have thought of it lol Thank u
I recommend this method over Anki. In Med School it was crazy hard to keep up with reviews on Anki the way the algorythm works. This way you can at least get thru a topic once and then go back. In Anki you might get 10% of what you wanted to get do and get bogged down reviewing the 10 cards you keep getting wrong and quit, never even reviewing the rest of the new and old cards you need to get thru and revise. Anki was soul crushing.
Oh my gosh this was one of my biggest issues with Anki. It kept showing me the same few cards that I was getting wrong and we would never get past that 🥲
Thank you so much🤗❤❤ I study biotechnology and drug reserch and this is really working for me.
I’m really happy to hear this! Thanks for watching ❤️
This seems like a good idea. Definitely truing this for next semester
Omg thanks it’s so effective