Studying My Masters in 1/6th of the Time
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Sharing my study approach to for my masters of education.
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=== Notes ===
In this video, I do a demonstration with a few of the components of my study system. Using this system, I was able to study for my Master's semester in about 1/6th of the normal estimated time. I was able to achieve High Distinction and my work was categorised as an exemplar.
The focus is on creating that high quality encoding which forms that stable foundation for future learning.
I demonstrate the use of "chunking" which is shown to bypass working memory capacity limitations and how this integrates with "chunkmapping", the variation of mindmapping that I teach. There are also a number of other techniques that I use, which other videos will individually focus on, but this shows an overview of how the system can come together.
The key areas of challenge for beginners doing this are:
- Insecurity at not writing so many notes
- Insecurity at not writing linear notes
- Discomfort from the chunking and encoding process (cognitive load which you may not be used to) - this discomfort can be misinterpreted as bad, whereas it can actually be the total opposite, where the normal, passive learning which was very comfortable was just a waste of time.
- Proper chunkmapping technique
- Evaluating the quality of chunks and chunk structures
- Breaking framing bias when doing syntopical reading
I will endeavour to cover each of these in other videos to come.
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=== About Dr Justin Sung ===
Dr. Justin Sung is a world-renowned expert in self-regulated learning, certified teacher, research author, and former medical doctor. He has guest lectured on learning skills at Monash University for Master’s and PhD students in Education and Medicine. Over the past decade, he has empowered tens of thousands of learners worldwide to dramatically improve their academic performance, learning efficiency, and motivation.
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It’s absolutely criminal that we spend this much time in school and no one spends 1/100th of that time teaching us the science of learning.
That's cuz no one knows. The collective knowledge on learning effectively in society really ain't high yet. But it's gonna increase and it will eventually be implemented in the education systems.
Yeah man it always bugged me in high school.
Most public school is for teaching people how to be good wage slaves.
No money in that. One day the materialism will end, when we have anything we could want in the blink of an eye
ahh capitalism
*For more visibility* *I may not have understood accurately* *Only to refer*
I'm adding my inference of a bunch of Justin's videos(Following Christi) below for everyone's benefit.
ON NOTE-TAKING:
Step 1 - Reduce the number of words in notes. Break the idea of perfect sentences and focus more on perfect LEARNING.
You need to be uncomfortable about the amount of time you waste on just listening to/reading lectures and not learning and retaining (which I am)
So you always strive to be more efficient.
Step 2 - Delay Note-Taking process - Start by writing notes for only one paragraph, then for two paragraphs, and reduce in a phased manner.
So there is more time you give to(in your head): (Being capable to retain and conceptually working through the information in head)
1. Conflicting ideas - Resolving
2. Associating and Relating what you learnt
3. Digesting the concept
And then putting this new understanding of yours on paper.
So if you are listening/reading a lecture and at a point you are uncomfortable and think I have to put this down, just delay it a little bit more and then put it on paper. So at one point, albeit slowly, you don't write anymore.
'Just gonna read a little bit more and then I write my notes'
Step 3 - Get rid of lined paper. Mind Map. Making information non-linear.
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Ideal Combination of Study Tools - Mind Maps(for the logical and conceptual) + Flash Cards(for random information)- Incorporate this with Spaced Repetition and make it magical.
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HOW TO ACTIVE READ?
1. Before reading a paragraph, ask the question WHY? And WHAT AM I GETTING OUT OF THIS? - By doing this you are identifying the GAPS of knowledge to fill.
2. This may lead you to read haphazardly, because you are going to be going through only information that is required to fill the gap.
3. Once you filled the gap, you then think of the next gap of knowledge that needs to be filled and repeat the process.
Have a Detective-like mindset when going through the reading.
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What should be going on in your Mind while Learning?
1. Trying actively to SPATIALLY ARRANGE the concepts in your head.
2. Make room to see how they flow together.
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HOW TO ATTEND A LECTURE?
Step 1 - Know the topic of the lecture beforehand and Prime yourself over the information.
Step -2 - Make a Skeletal Mind map of what you understood from the Priming.
Step -3 (In the lecture) - I'll be testing this logic(of skeletal mind map) and add the concepts and important details, while I am APPLYING and SIMPLIFYING. *You have hold in your head what the teacher is saying while doing all of this.(cognitive threshold, I believe, which is probably very low for me)
At the end, you are Chunking the information and then LINKING it to your existing knowledge.
Step - 4 - If all of that becomes too much in the head (about to cross your cognitive threshold), when you feel you can't hold on to it, you then represent what model you've built in your head so far on paper. And then continue from there again in your head.
Step - 5 - Now during this process, you are going to be missing out on a lot of other details, the not-so-important-but-may-be-relevant stuff and also the random factual information to remember, for this another 1 hour may be given separately to 'mop' up all the remaining information.
Thanks bro very much helpful
Brother please can you tell name of christi channel name would be very useful
@@sohamgawande6100 Brother, Christi Mari Labiste is someone who made a comment like this below in this video only. Scroll down and see the name, bro.
@@suryaprabhatpali3013 thanks 😊
amazing points, thanks for the add-ons about psychological tips too (like being uncomfortable about the time spent listening to the lecture, as opposed to thinking it's good to stay and study)
Justin be flexing on us mortals with these youtube titles.
Right fucking smart people inventing stuff and stuff.
Mortals 😭
He is pretty good at explaining things in a way that mere mortals can understand, though...
It's ok, guys. Through these videos we too will ascend.
@@nomadicwolf6132
This guy.
_He_ gets it!
Important concepts:
3:12 Pre-study
4:52 Mental Schema
6:50 Outline (Big Picture)
7:50 Cognitive Load Theory
11:38 Active Chunking
15:33 High Order Learning
17:51 Space Repetition
Thank you for saving time 🙏
THnkxx
oh, thank you for saving time. I don't know why Justin beats around the bush like those junk youtube channels
@@zara5325 ha ha🤣🤣. Hope Jusin reads your comments & put timestamps in description of his future videos 😀
@@zara5325 on the contrary, i find the extra context he talk about (or as you say, "beating around the bush") to be insightful as well 😅
Here I am, an avid Anki user in my 6 or 7th flashcard burnout, trying to figure out how to effectively use Obsidian and going down of rabbit hole of Zettelkatsen and note taking techniques, and this man is using drawn images and the notepad app..... It's truly time I rethink the way I learn.
Try LogSeq, a Markdown based Outliner. I use it for the priming (scoping subject) phase. Outliners shine at Chunking if properly used. I use Obsidian for Long Form text. You can use both!.
In this video, I do a demonstration with a few of the components of my study system. Using this system, I was able to study for my Master's semester in about 1/6th of the normal estimated time. I was able to achieve High Distinction and my work was categorised as an exemplar.
The focus is on creating that high quality encoding which forms that stable foundation for future learning.
I demonstrate the use of "chunking" which is shown to bypass working memory capacity limitations and how this integrates with "chunkmapping", the variation of mindmapping that I teach. There are also a number of other techniques that I use, which other videos will individually focus on, but this shows an overview of how the system can come together.
The key areas of challenge for beginners doing this are:
- Insecurity at not writing so many notes
- Insecurity at not writing linear notes
- Discomfort from the chunking and encoding process (cognitive load which you may not be used to) - this discomfort can be misinterpreted as bad, whereas it can actually be the total opposite, where the normal, passive learning which was very comfortable was just a waste of time.
- Proper chunkmapping technique
- Evaluating the quality of chunks and chunk structures
- Breaking framing bias when doing syntopical reading
I will endeavour to cover each of these in other videos to come.
Kinda crazy that I always drew connections (analyze) of new things I'm taught sometimes even saying it to the teacher and always got some weird stares from them and got entirely dismissed as playing around...
Edit: Thanks to you I know that
1- I was right all along.
2- That's why I always learned faster and easier than others to the point that I didn't really need to revise anything beyond the classroom to pass.
Thanks for that ❤️
Is chunkmapping just limiting each node in your mindmap to 4 connections?
I see that you only take Australian dollars. I am a student from the US, so are there any possible ways to work out payment with someone for the course on the website?
I love you
Does all that you said comes down to consciously and proactively learning ?
This method worked for me incredibly, even though I only watched your videos and didn't take any paid classes. I really appreciate what you are doing and sharing this on youtube. Keep up with the great work!
That's impossible.
@@reyoktayhan And why is that? It took me a long time to finally understand how to use what he’s teaching but I recently got it and everything just clicked. If you think that he doesn’t teach you _how_ to do these things, I recommend just watching more and more of his videos (inquisitively!) until you understand everything well and then you will be able to figure out how to use everything pretty easily and intuitively.
@@EragonShadeslayer that's exactly my point. The op's claim that just watching Justin's RUclips videos alone did the trick is simply unrealistic. He even says it in almost all of his content. It takes serious knowledge and effort. I'll need his course to get there and I'd like to think I'm not the only one. I'm excited I found out about him and what he teaches. I only wish the course was available right away. Still over a month of waiting time.😐
@@reyoktayhan ? Like I said, just watching his videos alone has taught me a lot. It just took me like a month or two of watching and rewatching his videos.
@@reyoktayhan I started doing a lot of this stuff before finding his videos and when I give my peers advice/ideas like this it works for them, so it's not impossible to benefit without the course. It's not like it's a magic spell that Justin Sung made up. It's just concepts that already exist and he's explaining them to people who don't know about them.
My method at school was what you just showed but without any mind maps or writing of any sort. All I did was read and think about what I read. Then I'd need to only do one revision session the night before an exam that'd take about 15 minutes to bring the previously encoded information to the surface of my consciousness. Everyone wondered how I did so well when it looked like I did nothing. I had no idea then, but now I see how.
But how did you keep that information in your head. Like I know what you mean. Back then when I was in middle-school to and I never had to study that much. However now the amount of information has increased and I can't hold on to it for that long.
@@sir.wombat3134You wanna see the topic as something obvious once you've encoded it, at least that's what works for me, asking ChatGPT to create a simple analogy for the topic that you're studying is helpful too.
@@sir.wombat3134Justin explained pretty well on how to do it. He has other videos on other methods.
@@sir.wombat3134 you have to create a mental structure of the information in a way that makes sense to you
Really helpful video! I am a 4th year law student that bought into the idea of "active recall, spaced repetition" hype when I was trying to learn how to learn back into 1st year. I did that way religiously and got "okay" results. However, as the concepts became deeper and more complicated through the years, I started falling behind most of my other classmates that don't study as hard yet outperform me greatly. It's also kind of frustrating that alot of the concepts that I learned in 1st year, most of them still remember till 4th year, while I have to constantly refresh these concepts in my head and forgot most of them already. It gets pretty demoralizing ngl.
Recently found your videos and I am still trying to leave the habit of "spaced repetition" techniques and actually incorporate higher cognitive load while I read these truckloads of text. However, I am finding that I am absorbing information and utilizing it much better. Just hope there's enough time before the next big exams for me to utilize these skills. Thank you very much!
Good luck with your studies
I'm also a law student and SAME!!!
Do cliffnotes for Law degrees exist ?
*Summary*
*1. Consider different study techniques, including mind mapping.* Explore various study techniques and be open to trying different methods, including mind mapping, to find what works best for you.
*2. Use study techniques as part of a wider system.* Think about how your chosen study technique fits into your overall learning system and how it can help facilitate other parts of that system.
*3. Identify and improve rate-limiting steps.* Identify areas in your learning system that may be holding you back and work to improve them to prevent the entire process from being slowed down.
*4. Diversify learning methods.* Avoid relying solely on active recall and space repetition for learning as it may not lead to success in later academic and professional years. Incorporate other learning methods as well.
*5. Encode information properly.* Encode information properly to make retrieval easier later on. This includes organizing and categorizing information effectively.
*6. Utilize the way the brain works.* Understand how the brain works and use this knowledge to develop a wider system of learning that works effectively for any subject.
*7. Avoid improper encoding.* Improper encoding, combined with lots of active recall and space repetition, can lead to a repetitive and unnecessarily time-consuming learning process.
*8. Read multiple articles on the topic.* Read multiple articles on the topic you are studying to gain a more comprehensive understanding.
*9. Use a metaphor to mentally organize information.* Use metaphors, such as organizing a room or warehouse, to help mentally organize the information you are learning.
*10. Create a mental schema.* Focus on creating a mental schema that categorizes and organizes information effectively. Break down the information into big and sub-chunks and figure out how they relate to each other.
*11. Work through discomfort.* Cognitive load theory suggests that discomfort and a sense of overwhelmingness while learning is good for growth and learning speed. Embrace discomfort and work through it to gain a deeper understanding.
*12. Consolidate information with syntopical reading.* Use syntopical reading to consolidate information from various sources and create a clear structure and organization to help learn the material.
*13. Use active chunking.* Use active chunking techniques to manage important points to learn about starting an intervention for a child with autism.
*14. Prioritize higher order learning.* Higher order learning, which involves organizing information effectively, is more effective than passive learning.
*15. Supplement with memorization aids and flashcards.* Supplement your learning system with memorization aids and flashcards to help encode information and make retrieval easier.
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Bismillah in the name of Allah. I thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am from Cape Town RSA Republic of South Africa.
My youngest daughter algamdullilah is autistic at the moment.
May Allah bless you and guide you and your family aameen.
Aameen
I am so glad people are getting to know you Dr Justin! I'm definitely saving up for your course (highkey can't ask my parents to give me money for it) and I cannot wait to enroll when the enrolments open. Thank you
Relatable
literally same
same
Hey khushi, please check it's reviews and all though. Also glad to see Indians doing this shit as well. Rather try limitless though, just 700 and has jim kwik's techniques which have been working quite well for me
omg khushi i found u here hahaha hello fren
Exams are going on for me so this is incredibly helpful for me
I've used a system similar to this one for the two exams that I have taken until now and, although it is very time consuming, my retention has been really good.
I’m a medical student and I have to agree. While Active Recall and Spaced Repetition ARE effective, it shouldn’t be the only techniques you use. Realizing that studying and learning is more than just remembering and getting the right answer on the exam. Short term, AR and SP will be helpful, but in the long term it’s not sustainable so now I’m letting myself fall back to square 1 and learn how study.
Yeah,same here. It impossible to keep up with SR in med school, there’s way too much of content to learn, and constantly repeating it its no no for me :D
Yes! Same and I'm so glad im not alone! Let's do this 💪 🙌
But since there is so much, doing the hole "deeper learning" spiel is pretty unrealistic. If you have a basic understanding of the subject and the things you're learning, actually learning things by heart is not that hard. I don't have time to gain a deep understanding of organic chemistry, I just need to learn what I have to to pass the exam. The content is actually not that complicated, it's just a lot.
@whats up Not really possible if you have 3 other tests on other subject that week. And things like cell biology you can't really get a deep understanding of, because we either don't now the precise mechanisms behind things or that mechanism is completely beyond your understanding of the subject. You just need to know which cells differentiate into what. There is no way or need for you to know why.
@whats up I'm a med student ;) Speaking from experience. And the school system in my country doesn't do standardized testing, so we had to comment on and apply everything in exams. Maybe that's why this seems like a no-brainer concept to me - understanding is always the first step. Never really had an issue with that though.
I was the type to never learn for any tests ever. Got me through high school just fine, because I was generally interested nd did very active and efficient encoding. I always thought about what we were actually learning, how it related to stuff I already knew (I did watch alot of documentaries and stuff, so I always had prior knowledge). This resulted in me being the person that had the right answer to any question. But due to being 'lazy', I always missed out on alot of points in tests because of not knowing details or keywords. What he is saying put alot of things into perspective. I will use active recall alot in the future, because it seems to be the missing link for me. I will also practice discipline and look at lectures contents before attending them review everything daily, so I never lose track. Studying is a surprisingly interesting topic, I always thought of it as a nuisance, that sure changed.
You'll watch an entire Netflix show even when the first episodes are slow and boring just because someone told you "it gets better." *But what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?*
shit hes got a point
But then why is it not difficult to watch a Netflix show but it is to work towards your goal?
@@SkeleFang watching a Netflix show doesn't require to actively put in effort into doing something, it's like comparing going to sleep and waking up (if you're not a morning person like me)
I started mind minding 2 weeks ago when i found your video about encoding (wich lead me to watch all of your videos 😃 ).now i'm crying why i’ve never heard about it before . But i’m thankfull that i still have some time in university to practice it well. Thank you so much for your effort 😍🥰
Can u pls explain it, simple manner??
@@glassyclassy3173 watch his other videos if you haven't
Omg finally he came with guide video. I was waiting for him without even start studying bcz I don't know how to do it.
This video was on my WL playlist for like 2 weeks and im not disappointed watching it
Justin, I can't express how grateful I am for your videos. Thank you SO much for showing us this whole new world of learning 🙏
I like what you are saying. I am happy to find other people who are also actively trying to figure out a better way of doing things
I've been eagerly waiting for your new content and you, my friend, do not disappoint!!
Im not studying anything grand at the moment but for my language learning I've started using my anki decks as writing / speaking prompts rather than the usual vocab hell I was used to. It's really nice!!!!!!
I love your direct and casual filming style
GRACIAS MÁQUINA, TITÁN, DIOS DEL COSMOS, MAESTRO. Me encantaría tomar clases con vos, lastima que todavía no domino el ingles al 100 percent, con los videos me alcanza y me sobra
Its not just the quality of content, the quality of your video is also rising exponentially!
this is the right way to study other educators in youtube don't give this much clarity... there should be a real life purpose of stuff you study just memorizing is waste of time its not going to get you to the top level of your intentions.. yea you can excel in exam but if there is a single collapse you end up screwed .. Concepts are really important And the passion evolves right there, otherwise our body responds to the facts as a stress
I just overview the theory, read/listen to lectures on it and take notes, make a list of important terms and concepts, then commit to my official notes a few pages of condensed text book style notes reconstructing what I learned as if I was teaching it from a-z. Then throughout the next few weeks I stay engaged with high and low level theory/lectures that expand and detail the processes.
what youtubers or programs would you suggest (no matter the subject field) that expand and explain complex and in-depth materials and format it into applied concepts through experience and process?
*"The person who wins, is the person who wants it the most."*
This changed my life.
00:00 Active recall and space repetition are part of a wider system.
02:46 Proper encoding of information is crucial for effective studying
05:10 Organizing information improves learning speed
07:32 Working through discomfort in learning fuels growth
10:17 Using active chunking to manage and retain information
12:38 Organizing information in chunks improves learning effectiveness
15:12 Higher order learning helps you understand and memorize faster
17:33 Active recall and spaced repetition make memorization easier
Just discovered this insightful channel! " ... not about a single technique, but technique as part of a larger system " reminded me of Bruce Lee's (often misunderstood) notion of "the WAY that is NO" [single] "WAY."
Im getting my ADHD treated, got an ADHD coach, and I’m binging all of Justin’s videos and every single book I didn’t finish during college.
After I get my first job, I’m going to pursue my masters IN CS and I AM going to get all As.
My goal is to become rich and to get us through climate disaster. Then I’ll help streamers like Destiny and Vaush become big so more people have access to better ideas.
I have ADHD too. It’s awful, but I’m proud to see you are persevering through it and are gonna be successful in spite of it. (P.s. don’t let anyone tell you that it’s an advantage bc it’s a fake trend that’s popping up recently supposedly to empower us, but in reality it’s taking credit for all of the effort youre putting in just to be on par with neurotypicals. Everything great you do is bc of you.) good luck!
Thats awesome dude when im a billionaire ill help you out with ending this climate disaster
Watched a few of your videos. Good content. The best application of your methods is while watching your videos. A quick preview of any of them will show that the real content is limited to the last 5-6 minutes. Once you get that the whole process of checking out your RUclips content gets much quicker - simply jump to the end and move 6 minutes backward.
This is somewhat similar to programming, leaving some blocks of placeholders, and filling them later. You are a architecture!
Awesome technique, taught it was Bull until I actually tried it. make the information much more easier to process.It build your confidence, in that you don't get overwhelmed with all that content as you can see the big picture. It's like having a road map, at first the destination seems far quoting the miles but, seeing the map of the entire journey make it seems more doable.
I’m taking the ics course and it’s SO helpful, I love complementing it w Justin’s channel too
I'm starting to caths on this amazing process, there is light at the end of the tunnel, thanks a million!
People like you make me believe I can learn anything :D thank you so much!
Thank you sir for all the value you provide on this channel. I will use all of these to help my family and my community and change our lives for the better :)
Passion. I was 17 which my father purchased 1965 vw. With no engine. I learned how cars worked and helped my friends which I was Toyota mechanic until 29. I started jr college majored in psychology and electronics. Today, I surf and am electrician and weekend philosopher and psychologist with friends. Downey California
Microretrieval with relational thinking is game changer!
What do you mean by microretreval?
@@bobbobson4030 micro-retrieval means less work on remembering information. The thing is when you have a foundation (core system) of understanding about a certain topic, it's way simpler to remember and apply that certain knowledge.
@@lethinhphong So micro-retrieval simply describes how it's easier to retrieve information after proper encoding?
@@bobbobson4030 yes.
@@bobbobson4030 Microretrieval is: Read a few minutes, think about it, document your thinking onto a mind map without looking back at the reading
Thank you! Wish I learnt this at High School. Goodbye to wasteful learning - study time.
All of your techniques seem to be beneficial. The techniques used to prime your brain and to sustain a level of understanding is what seems to be logical in becoming sufficiently knowledgeable of a new subject to study. I do, however, have a question in the priming stage. After foraging through the text, research books, handbooks, etc., how am I supposed to become cognizant of foreign terms/concepts? Which techniques are available to become a savant; encyclopedic,if you will (gain awareness), before returning to original study? How important is it to learn vocabulary in isolation and how do I isolate those terms and get access to various context? Especially in advanced fields such as psychology/biochemistry/accounting etc? "How does vocab intext, or while learning, help me to become more analytical, instead of just picking up marginal gains throughout the course of learning a topic?"
The Gem of Efficient learning.....!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
You are changing my life in such many ways, thanks
wow so incredible. it also makes me realize i been using this technique my whole life but because of of stress and not well time management i forgotten this so i going to retake chunking
Just came back from the [ 4 Reasons Hard Work DOES NOT Beat Talent ] video recommendation, plus this,
became a [ chunking ] , a [ fall back first, admit defeat to win the war ] , and becoming [ more intune and aware by learning more stuff ] to [ link and connect with existing knowledge/ prior ones ]
becomes the [ process ] needed to get higher order learning, which in turn goes back to more [ efficent and proficient ] method of [ chunking ] to work [ absolutely your hardest ] , to get results
Love the way you’re walking while filming, it somehow feels cozy for me like I’m talking with a friend of mine :)
Kinda scared rn because this is how I've always studied and, in the other hand, happy because cards and that always felt overwhelming and I always needed to "organize it"
The process you are describing is the one I've had for so long! And to feel that way is not bad, so ig that's great
I'm noticing a lack of motivation to finish my semester strong with my computer science classes as I only know and have been using active retrieval methods without really thinking about breaking them into chunks. This video is very informative and I will definitely give your suggestions a try for next semester classes.
did it work?
Here's the reason for the hype on spaced repetition.
Encoding can be done on any platform. You can pause to encode while reading, listening to a lecture, writing, and yes, even doing flashcards. Encoding cannot be avoided actually. You WILL encode new things just through repetition.
The opposite is less true (or at least it is in most highly expert fields).
For example, I read about health, nutrition, weight-loss, etc... a lot. I find the subject fascinating... BUT... it is not in my career path. So what happens? I retain the "gist" or the encoding... but the foundation isn't there.
I, for example, know that glucosamine is good for your joints... helps replinish elasticity and integrity to your cartilege and ligaments.
But... I am completely unable to define glucosamine. I don't know if it's a compound or a mixture. i don't know if it's an enzyme or whatever. I don't know what a proper dose is. I really don't know much... but that which I do know is encoded to my foundational knowledge (which has a lot of holes).
So what would happen if I WERE to use spaced repetition and memorize a few facts about glucosamine?
Well... let's look it up. Glucosamine is a compound (kinda figured it was) and it's generally derived from shellfish because it's dietarily rare. This makes sense because I know that dieticians consider vitamin D, Calcium, and Glucosamine to be among the most necessary supplements that everyone should be taking (because of their limited availability in food along with the fairly rapid depletion in one's body.
I just encoded that... by looking at a definition and doing a little puzzlework in my head.
In the definition, it says it's an "amino sugar". That makes sense to me because I know that glucose means sugar. What's an amino sugar? No clue... but I know what an amino ACID is. I'm gonna shelf that, but if I were to look up amino ANYTHING, I will be more mindful of the fact that there are amino acids AND amino sugars... and the word "amino" clearly means something categorical.
Still encoding by looking at a definition and I could continue doing so, but instead imagine this.
Imagine that I ALREADY KNEW what Glucosamine was in scientific terms when I read probably a dozen articles about it. First of all, I would be more likely to recall the new terms that I was exposed to, and second of all, I would have more of what I like to call "encoding surfaces" available, I wouldn't waste my processing power on context clues and recall, and I can dedicate more processing power to encoding.
So basically what I'm saying is... more time spent encoding doesn't really translate to foundational knowledge. You still have to look up the precise definitions. BUT... getting foundational knowledge via spaced repetition DOES enable deeper, faster, and more accurate encoding.
Every time I study a new subject, the first thing I do is put the glossary on flashcards and get familiar. I might not master the flashcards, but I will have gotten some exposure to them.
Then, when I actually read the book, my mind is like a steel trap. I'm no longer struggling with completely new words... I'm just putting in-depth explanations together of words I have already exposed myself to.
And then, like magic, I hardly have to take a single note and I encode everything in one pass well enough to actually ponder the subjects like an expert does without study materials present... and I go back to my flashcards and somehow went from struggling to mastery overnight (because now I have the FOUNDATION needed for encoding.
So the moral of the story is... encoding is everywhere. It's unavoidable. You encode to yourself just sitting around thinking, hearing other people talk, reading articles, watching the news, etc... and you never know what will be encoded next. And I don't know about you, but throughout my life, vocabulary, memorization, familiarity... they have left me overwhelmed many many times... but very very rarely do I find myself in a scenario in which I have mastered all of the relevant vocabulary, but the encoding process overwhelms my brain.
If anything, the repetition process is like filling a room with boxes, and the encoding process is like putting everything on a shelf. The process of encoding is a form of relief. It organizes your thoughts, and you come away with less clutter, therefore the more you focus on encoding (after you've already got the foundational vocabulary) the LESS mental load you are under. It's like cleaning up your garage. It's more and more gratifying the more the concepts start to take shape.
I signed up for your course, even though I've only seen a few videos! But my experiences and my thoughts about studying and learning already back up your methods and I can see there is a lot I don't see, so I want to learn it! It's quite obvious your words are not superficial, so far I can link everything to past experiences.
Also, I think I'm in a good position to learn all you have in store for the course because I have different reasons for wanting to learn it, (not just because I want to study better myself) so I'll be automatically looking at things from different perspectives. In my head, I'm paying that annual fee on one hand for my personal development and on another hand I see it as a (fun and interactive) prep course for the cognitive neuroscience courses I'm interested in but am too early in my university career to attend haha. (I'm in my first semester in a Linguistics Bachelor.)
I'm very excited!
how is it so far? the course
@@Lakshay81 I like it very much, even the fundamentals of the course are already very enriching for me which I didn't expect. I had to put it all on hold for a few weels though because I'm going through some personal stuff. But hopefully will be back in gear within the next week. :) I'd love to recommend it but I'd like to first finish one of the levels above the fundamentals and then gush about it freely haha.
@@essennagerry thanks ill join too thn
If you have ' interest ' in any subject you not only read or finish but you remember every line word by word
Interest is important you don't even have to repeat it , it's Brain science understand brain better will let you understand things better
Keep your interest in anything so you don't have to do anything
I discovered the channel a couple of days ago. I am very grateful for the wisdom. I have heard of some basics of those things when I was in high school taking AP psychology, but that was long ago and I didn't really take advantage of it. I am no longer in school (at least done with undergraduate anyway) but I still try to learn many computer science/software engineering concepts and starting foreign languages.
When studying things like math problems, where you directly apply what you "should" have learned, I wonder about the best ways to get though those types of learning tasks.
Hi im not an expert in math but im very enthusiastic about it. Firstly, i want you to know that math is not just applying and plugging formulas.
Schools teaches you math by doing steps. However, math isnt just about doing calculations.
The thing is formulas and laws had to come from somewhere. Someone thought of it. So how did this person thought of it? It's by using logic and observing patterns.
A video to show you what i mean by observing patterns:
m.ruclips.net/video/r0_mi8ngNnM/видео.html
Then there's math conventions. The reason we have these conventions are because of the history behind it.
A good video behind the reason why 1 is not a prime number:
ruclips.net/video/IQofiPqhJ_s/видео.html
Hope you enjoy the videos and hopefully this enlightened you about math :)
Thank you Dr Justin for this showing us this method 💞
Basically you learn like how a computer stores and download and install files.
In Chunks and compressed,
then unpacked, install and layed down in bigger size.
Torrents are like this from peers gathered around.
If only my childhood have system like that!
Content is gold. Pure gold.
100% agree
Thank you for sharing these insights with us!
Pretty good drawing of a barrel...just off the top of the dome like that..very impressive. Very impressive indeed.
Currently there is a big discussion going in the Anki Subreddit for Justins study technique. Hope Justin addresses some of the concerns there.
Well i havent watched it but as he mentioned in one of his videos, space repetetion is good and a nice way to enter this world or learning methods, but there are way better options since Anki or any other space repetition is passive
Anki is good for recall but you cannot rely solely on memorization. You can use his technique combined with Anki in order to optimize your studying. It is a matter of the utilization of techniques.
@@prestopasta259 yeap as he implied in the video, is better to combine different methods and not only rely on one
does this also apply for a lecture? should we try to do the mindmapping during or after the lecture?
3:06 I'm so jealous! I wish I could spend so little time on schoolwork. I try to be as efficient as possible when studying for tests (keeping your instructions in mind) but I also have to finish a lot of assignments that I actually need to do well on because they account for a big percentage of my final grade. Do you (or anyone else) have any tips on how to do complete assignments efficiently: not spending a lot of time (or any more time than neccesary) completing them but still getting a good grade (90-100%)?
Sorry it’s a little late, but I think planning your assignments makes it a lot easier to actually complete, as in I make dot points and questions to answer for every sentence in a essay and make tables to fill out that follow a steel (statement, technique, example, explain, link) structure. Also spending more time focusing on the criteria and the actual question (in an essay) will make it so you get all the marks possible and don’t loose any to something you didn’t know you were meant to complete. I guess it really depends on what kind of assignments your getting but i usually get full marks or At least straight A’s using this (but I’m Australian so the grading isn’t actually harsh: 50-75 is a c, 90+ is a A) good luck on your studies though
@@potatotoes754 no it's ok haha! Thank you, I'll try it out! 😊
This Is the 3rd video, It's absolutely brilliant! I have Observed and I been applied this method and now will Save All from TL DR
After Careful Listening with the proper attentiveness, heed and Diligence of Harvard Graduate, for 19 Minutes, I Have Finally come with direct conclusion of this is just fantastically Spoken, Dianne Sawyer Robert Downey esque Lecture Of Richard Feiiman with plenty of beautifully meaning of words.
Talking about word, the origin of education for the proper writing used to be only enjoyed by the people from class full of fast learning folks. Talking about Feiiman again and again, The proper mind schematics have been passed from teacher to teacher, since decades of education by lecture and or books also now are being taught on internet
Thank me later
Hi, I am a second year med student and I just went through your last three videos.
I was an excellent student before med school and I was able to use all the techniques you explained in your videos, but when I got in university I had a huge dip in performance. The difference is that now I need to learn every detail even the ones I don’t recognize as important and now the time span between the day I learn and the day I need to retrieve the informations is significantly longer and so is the amount.
I can’t seem to retain all the details and names. So I went from mind maps to flash cards containing all the detail I had to work on, but this proved to be advantageous only for the first few topics I studied, afterwards I start to be unable to learn more information or retrieve them clearly (for example I will be able to say everything there is on a flash card only if I know which one it is, but I am often in doubt or facts overlap in my head).
What can I do? Do you have any suggestions or upcoming videos?
Thank you in advance (I am Italian so I hope what I wrote makes sense)
I feel exactly the same. If you have found some solution, let me know :)
@@EpicLPTs watch the stream study session on the channel he basically goes over everything on it and it's really helpful because he talks about how you are supposed to incorporate the details into your thought process and basically he gives a good detailed idea of what an average study session looks like (it's a two hour stream, but if you only watch the parts where he is talking it ends up being about 45 minutes)
edit: heres the streamruclips.net/video/5JJnBuTQahs/видео.html
hey did you take his course or did u just practice the techniques yourself after watching is utube videos?
The reason you are learning the details is to take care of patients, so you need to take those details and put them into patient care scenarios. Find medical cases, read about cases where you are constantly using the materials. Memorizing the anatomy is only good for an anatomy exam; you need to be able to discuss the anatomy in relation to caring for patients. Our medical school uses case-based learning, find a clinical scenario and think about all of the materials you just learned to analyze the case in front of you. Once you are thinking about back pain or abdominal pain and what is involved in causing and treating the pain you will remember the basic science. Medicine is the highest order of learning. If your school doesn't use cases, then create your own ... a patient with OA - what symptoms will they present with, which body parts do you need to know about, what comprises the joints, what innervates, how do they come together. Hope this helps some.
Im third year vet med student. Yes I remember I struggled when I was year one. Even though I kept up with my studies, I completely failed my mock oral exams which tested our knowledge on anatomy, physiology, histology and further. I asked the examiner why, he said I was not linking everything together. You must see the biology as one -> Anatomy, Physiology, Histology as one.
When you get into the clinical phase of your medical course, you have to be able to take your patient's profile, history, and physical exam and work from there. You have to think what body systems are related to the clinical signs, and diagnose from there.
At least your patients don't bite!
You should edit what you say. Avoid the unwanted.
Hi Justin I must say I find your work fascinating and you have given me light to study efficiently and not give up, when it comes to learning anatomy , bone surface features, muscle origin and insertion how did you personally approach it? Regards!
Integrating chunking to concept mapping to form Chunkmapping
Are there any books or articles that support the techniques and the ideas brought up that you would recommend looking into? What about books or articles that advise against solely using spaced repetition and active recall?
Since the techniques are pretty young you won't find many books on the topic more like studies. I advise you try this yourself, and you'll see just how it works. I was sceptical too but when i started practising, this the effects came imidiately.
The active recall and spaced repetition thing killed my brain in uni ngl. Idk how tbh. it worked fine for me in HS but the uni course is so much more complex and vast and heavy and dense, i guess those techniques aren't built for that...I'd suggest you try it yourself, as i am going to do. And see what works for you
@@Sunshine-yk2eg I agree with you. HS is fine with recall and stuff but once things get more complex and some depth in information is required and understanding of connections you'll have hard time. That's why it can seem that tyou need higher intellect to succeed but in reality mastering these techniques will suit you the best.
@@toby2120 at least spaced repetition and active recall are certainly not young techniques. Over 40 years ago I used them for vocabulary learning with study cards. Mind maps themselves as a concept were created in the 90s by Tony Buzan.
@@annvoy7698 but seen from this perspective it's relatively new i mean just try to Google books on this topic not to say that books are good to support his argument. As i said look at studies.
Hello Justin, I just saw a couple of your videos and I was really wondering to learn about your academic background. Whenever you have time we would love to hear about your study journey. :D
Studying medicine seems like a giant memory exercise. You don't have to be smart. Rather be a robot in memorising data.
Hi sung thank you for good video . Can u please add a summary of main at the end of video ?
Makes studying into an action video. Brilliant!
How a coach can be this funny u are easy to understand u are nit boring at alll
He said it took him under 5 hours to cover 90 pages of intensive reading. That is 3 minutes 20 seconds per page including writing down your notes and thinking about the text structure as he describes it in this video. I don't know, I find it hard to believe
have you tried the method
does it work?
but he never said he was talking notes ( he was only chunking in his memory and making very minimalistic mind map ) . and reading a page in 3 minutes and 20 seconds is pretty average reading speed for academics. During my Phd I was reading around 10 hours a day and read around 300 pages a day. which is around 30 pages an hour and again that's pretty average for academics. Reading something doesn't mean you have to read every single line with same speed. A skill full reader reads with varying speed. I will sometimes read a page in 20 minutes and sometimes in 1 minute. If you still don't believe then go to any top university and ask a professor how many books and academics papers they read in a year. Your mind will be blown away.
@@mr22b56 like how chunking in his memory i dodnt understand can u explain pls
@@mr22b56 but in med school u should memorize every single word ,how can i do that
It seems you're basically reverse-engineering the authors' writing process. They probably had a list or schema like the one you had to organize their writing, which is ironic. That's how communication works, so it also makes sense!
Justin can you please made a video for Doctors and USMLE exams. Most of the videos are applicable to Engineers & Lawyers but medical entrance exams are completely different from other college
Your tips make me want to study new things. I have a question. How can i apply your techniques to say learn a new language?
Saw this on my recommendations, great content here Justin!
Once again excellent analysis!! But one point I will like to add here- There is one famous Jaina religion theory of Anekawada which tells that truth is very complex and can have multiple interpretations. Similarly there can't be just one special technique/ method for learning. Deep learning, encoding, active recall etc are all good techniques but their application can vary from subject to subject and person to person. One should Choose what suits him/ her
3:30 "So, unless you don't have a brain..."
Does my brain have to have more than one brain cell? Because, there are days when I doubt there's a 2nd one in here...
While I agree with every video I seen so far,I still wonder how can someone apply all this to math...I wish there would be videos out there like this that can show you tips and tricks to understand it....cause if I don't understand it (encoding),it's hard to memorize it 😅
Another problem of mine is also to understand test questions in any kind of math (especially Algebra).I have bad anxiety and when it comes to tests I get very nervous and overwhelmed,even I should know the answers but sometimes test questions turn into another language for me and I will get confused and my mind seems to go blank.
Oh and also I tend to drift off a lot with my mind,while watching lectures or read,happend since i was little...sometimes I even end up falling asleep (also a bunch of times in class lol).
I normally have my 7 hours minimum of sleep.
I got blood work done and everything to make sure it's nothing physically (lack of iron for example).Any suggestions?
I'm 41 and a wife and mom of 3 kids.Trying to get a Bachelor with online schooling (can't do campus).
I really like the idea of this but I'm still not sure how to apply this technique correctly.
(I'm a highschool student 11. grade from germany) Let's say I'm in biology or physics class and learn something new let's say about how mitochondria work and are structured. How would I apply this technique? I can make connections by saying its a part of the cell and has it's own DNA like chloroplasts. Then I create some sort of mindmap / connection and it helps with learning the connections and relations but I still know nothing about how mitochondria work and stuff like this.
Is the ideal way in this case to use Anki to memorize the isolated informations like the function, structure, ... and then still try to find the relation to other things?
How do I learn things that I need to know a definition of or the way its built?
And what do you think of Apps like Notion or especially Obsidian for the connections?
Another example:
I need to learn formulas in physics for the free fall or sth like this. Should I remember it first and then connect it to other things or how should I be doing it?
Tip the barrel on its side, with the half plank facing directly away from the earth. Now you can nearly full it completely...
How can I prime and maintain focus if I have 90-minute lectures with 5 min. break?
I have 3 lectures in a row one day and on another day I have 6 lectures ( with only 5 minutes break between lectures) (I study law -year 3)
How I can get the most out of lectures in a plan like that? Any suggestions?
simple answer you can't. Also it's not recommended to have lectures as your primary source of learning because you can't take advantage of other forms of learning (such as inquiry based learning and interleaving). That's all what I have inferred form watching Archer Newton's and Justin's videos about study techniques and I might be severely wrong here . (sry for my english)
So we can't apply Justin's study method during the days we have lectures? We just absorb what we can and then revise after the lecture?
Im a medical student, we are integrating all the raw science and clinical phases together, so it's going to be more complicated from there.
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00:00 🚀 *The video introduces the concept of using a comprehensive system for studying, beyond just individual techniques like mind mapping, emphasizing the importance of integrating various parts of a learning system.*
00:28 🛠️ *The speaker illustrates the importance of a holistic approach to learning tools and techniques, using the analogy of car parts to explain that a system's effectiveness is limited by its weakest component.*
00:55 🌊 *Introduces the concept of a "rate limiting step" in learning, using the analogy of a barrel with uneven planks to describe how learning capacity can be limited by the shortest plank (or weakest part of the learning process).*
01:42 🚫 *Critiques the overreliance on active recall and spaced repetition techniques, highlighting the pitfalls of not spending enough time on encoding information for effective retrieval.*
02:10 📈 *Emphasizes that as academic and professional careers advance, learning strategies need to evolve beyond basic repetition methods to include higher quality encoding of information.*
03:06 🎓 *Shares the plan to demonstrate effective studying techniques for a master's program, highlighting the universality of these methods across various subjects.*
03:35 🧠 *Discusses the initial steps in studying effectively, focusing on organizing and encoding information in a logical way to facilitate easier retrieval and understanding.*
04:33 📘 *Begins to explore a specific example of studying autism spectrum disorder, emphasizing the need for a clear mental schema to organize large amounts of information efficiently.*
06:57 🏗️ *Describes the process of building a basic outline or "skeleton" for information, which serves as a foundation for adding more detail and complexity in a structured way.*
07:39 ⏩ *Notes that as the learning process becomes more organized, the speed of understanding and retaining new information increases, making the overall process more efficient.*
08:19 🕒 *Details the practical application of these techniques over a four-and-a-half-hour study session, highlighting the effectiveness in organizing and retaining information from extensive reading materials.*
11:07 🧩 *Describes the process of "chunking" information into manageable groups to enhance understanding and memory retention, using a specific example of intervention points for children diagnosed with autism.*
13:13 🎲 *Advocates for higher-order learning and engaging with material in a way that fosters active organization and evaluation, improving learning efficiency and enjoyment.*
14:10 🏊 *Stresses the importance of developing independent learning and information organization skills in high school to prepare for university-level education.*
16:11 📚 *Highlights the creator's course that aligns learning techniques with how the brain naturally operates, aiming to build a strong cognitive foundation before using supplementary memorization tools.*
17:21 ✍️ *Concludes with a demonstration of how information is organized into a mind map, showcasing the visual representation of organized study material for effective learning.*
17:48 🔄 *Emphasizes that with effective encoding, active recall and spaced repetition become significantly more efficient, requiring less repetition to maintain knowledge.*
18:02 🧠 *Highlights how a well-organized mental schema simplifies the review process, making retrieval almost automatic.*
18:16 🚫 *Notes that for well-encoded information, extensive use of flashcards for rote memorization becomes unnecessary, potentially reducing the need to only 10-15 flashcards for the entire topic.*
18:45 🌟 *Encourages viewers to see the demonstrated study process as attainable with practice and not a result of innate talent, underscoring the effectiveness of the techniques for achieving good learning outcomes.*
19:13 📢 *Invites viewers to engage with further content for a deeper understanding of the study techniques and their application, promoting continuous learning and improvement.*
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Your videos are so good man. Keep it up!
Justin, thank you! You are helping me a lot!
I'm a working professional and I signed up to get notified for the next cohort of the course. Is there any way that I could join and get the material sooner? I'll be leaving my job soon and doing some job prep for a few months and it would be great to apply your techniques to job prep. I work in AI, so I am also curious about learning how human learning works and how I can apply it to AI research.
I understand that your course is in cohorts, but I don't think I will need much guidance outside of going through the course material and understanding your workflow since I am not your main target demographic.
I recently bought a tablet and I've been working towards making mind maps (that aren't text-heavy). I watched a bunch of your videos and I can infer how most of your system works, but it would be nice to go through the course so that I can apply it to my job prep. I'll be preparing to try to apply for roles at the top AI orgs, so I have a lot of preparation to do and I want to nail the interviews.
I started using active recall + spaced repetition for interview questions but quickly realized there was something missing. I think a big part of it was that I was learning in isolation rather than relationally. I wasn't putting things into chunks either.
Anyways, I'm working to apply your techniques now, but I'd gladly pay for your course right now if possible. Please let me know if that's possible. Thanks!
Note: I think there might be an opportunity here to expand your course in a way that focuses on benefiting business professionals, but I understand your focus on students.
maybe if you have a question write a mail to them??
they'll let you in
@@nietur Will do
Justin sir that is good theory explanation can you show us practical how to do it by taking a particular topic and showing how to mind map it so that we can also follow it for our mind map
Very good points. Thank you for confirming my thought. I feel some subjects in the university (if not all) are very slow. Subscribed!
Do the different colours on your mindmap have a meaning? Also, are you creating a new mindmap every study session or accumulating one huge one over time?
yes
How will I retrieve this information? How do I want to organise this? Proper Encoding is essential. understand how to use the knowledge. Figure out how the big chunks link to other big chunks and how are they important (mindmap), if you are overwhelmed and uncomfortable with the amount of information then that means you are learning. Syntopical reading and order control when you read.
The reason the reading gets faster is because building structure to learning is knowing HOW to think about a topic is one of the most confusing and time consuming parts. Investing more time in developing strong foundations, good big-picture chunks, and explicit relationsips between those chunks (stabilising organisation) allows you to branch outfrom there much mroe quickly. Do the hardest part first, whereas most study techniques focus on getting this higher-order mastery LAST. Note key concepts but read in a way that enables you to ORGANISE the information. When you read with this purpose (evaluating and comparing ideas) - this is higher order learning. How is each item important and related to other items, how are you gonna use the information?
Remind yourself where all the information is (what box on what shelf). Active retrieval a few times a week.
Thanks for the effective advices❤❤❤
How would you apply these techniques into language learning? One way I do it is by associating different letters I must memorize with images and words that first come to mind. But I was wondering is there’s a better way for language learning?
This man took psychology no doubt
Peace Justin .May Allah give you a good reward.
I've learned the last part from ur encoding video
I always feel confused at how i can apply this to chemistry and physics classes at my uji
This dudes so smart I feel stupid watching this video