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It‘s a combination of him talking fast (talking fast has really been shown to appear smart), looks (glasses etc.), his sophisticated sounding accent and well, the fact that he knows what he’s talking about. 😂
I've been studying with Anki, I absoloutely love your idea of using spreadsheets rather than revision time table. THank you for spending over 8 hours of filming and editing this video. You bet you've saved thounsands of hours (and more) for many others around the world. THank you!
@@suu964 take a piece of paper, divide it in two. in the first part you put all the questions of a specific topic you want to study for and in the other part the answers of those questions. So to test yourself you read the questions you´ve written previously and answer them without looking at the answers.
I just realized when I was in primary school I unknowingly used active recall and space repetition as a study method. At that time I got distinctions in every subject but when I got to high-school I stopped using that method and would cram a lot, resulting in average marks.
Oh yeah, I'm in university right now and i start craming stuff in my brain out of anxiety. Idk when the exam going to come because of Covid but I'm giving myself a week to memorize all the topic to finish
Thank you! With your technique I was able to pass a really hard test at my university. I still can't believe that I actually passed it. From now on I'll using this for every test I'll write.
@BOOMING SYSTEM UH UP TY TRACk tY TRacK Yes it is still going well. Since then I passed every test in the first try with good results. Before that I would fail most of them and would have to write them again.
@@nabeelhakeem3593 Well in short I wrote down question and used space repetition to memorize the answers. It helped me to break down big topics in small units.
@@almabalderas6014 As I see it, that's one posibility. Another one is learning-memorizing the answer directly when you write your question (Ali suggests to do active recall even before you start to write your questions, during your first read. I think he says that in another video), then, when you ask yourself first time using active recall (testing yourself), you don't have to memorize, you have to recall the anwser and start to use spaced repetition to test yourself. Obviously, if you don't remember the answer to your question, you have to study-memorize it again and test yourself later or next day again and then start to use spaced repetition
Ali bro, i can hand on heart, your active recall revision technique has changed my life. I am now literally absorbing information and im no longer worried about finals:)Thanks a million, and i hope you go on to become the most subbed education channel on youtube!- Ali
@@danielokoronkwo7499 Think of it like asking yourself questions as opposed to just making flashcards. His previous video does a good job of explaining it
@@markschueler9228 Thanks mate I later understood it fully when I watched other videos and currently applying it for my forthcoming examinations, hopefully I do well
very important tip by Nassin Taleb: "as soon as you get bored of reading a book change the book immediately, otherwise you will get bored of reading ALL TOGETHER"
Just done my A level exams, I remember watching this video in year 12, and honestly my life has been changed. I got A*A*A (Biology, Maths and Chemistry) it really does work and I’m grateful I saw this video. Thank you so much for sharing this.
My biggest regret is that I didn't know that your channel existed until like two days ago!. I,m a second year medical student, and your channel is by far the best channel made by a medical student, it,s really really helpful, informative and can save students grades 👌. I,m watching video after video non stoppingly!.
So I’m autistic and tend to get very OCD about my studying, sometimes I’ll spend hours studying the same thing or chapter. I really just wanted to thank you, because showing the logic behind this really helped me to let go and progress in a much more efficient way. Which has also intern given me time to do other things too. Thank you for taking the time to help us. 🙂
Marie MacLeod I don’t want to be offensive but u must know how offensive it is to describe something as ‘autistic’ or using a mental disorder or illness as an adjective to describe something, so I hope I don’t offend you or anything but pls don’t use OCD as an adjective please. Thanks
@@lyrahazel2079 They're targeting their use of "OCD" as an adjective, not "autistic". What they mean is that, because OP is autistic, they should know how offensive it is to describe something as "autistic", so therefore to use this to know how offensive it is to use "OCD" the same way.
I'm not autistic but I have the same problem 50 percent of the times. I get overwhelmed by the contents and will spend alot of time learning even the simple stuffehich I already know. Can you please help me out ???
hey Ali, I am from south Africa. I am currently in my 11th year and preparing for my igcse exams this May and June. Your videos have changed my school career, the text books were horrifyingly huge and seemed endless, you have changed the way I see studying and my life. Thank you so much, I feel like I owe my future to you .
This is the first time I've watched a video on how to study and have actually learned something I didn't know already and is effective. You're awesome. Thank you!
*Timestamp* 01:05 - Introduction to spaced repetition 01:41 - The forgetting curve 04:40 - Spaced repetition within the same study session 06:41 - Structuring each day of study with spaced repetition in mind 08:37 - Tips for incorporating spaced repetition into your study routine 09:35 - Anki flashcards app 10:03 - Spaced repetition in everyday life 11:39 - Ali’s magical spaced repetition spreadsheet system. 12:40 - The importance of scoping your subject 16:17 - Tips for using the magical SR system 21:09 - Why I don’t like revision timetables 23:23 - Summary + closing remarks
@@zarairxx1531 you really just gotta give it ur all and forget everything else for the 3 months. It also helps to give it some kinda fun n motivating name to hype urself up for the job. I called it the ENDGAME Anyway, heres how i did it: 1 - ISOLATE. I traveled back to my home country and lived in an empty house by myself to ensure i had 0 distractions. 2 - treat it as if u were an elite level athlete training for their next fight or something. This means, eat clean to avoid feeling sluggish, consume foods and drinks that promote blood flow and are good for the brain. Make sure you are sleeping exactly 8 hours a day (no more or less). Never sacrifice sleep as it plays a vital role in helping you learn and retain information. 3 - ensure u r studying in the most efficient way possible. Dont waste time on stuff u already know. Use the tips in the video for this. 4 - its important to develop a level of "love" for ur subject. This makes sure that u dont have stuff u wld rather be doing (using ur phone for example). You really have to WANT to study every waking moment of ur day. U can try developing this kind of "love" for ur subjects by frequently thinking about y u like ur subjects and maybe relating it to things u come across in ur day to day life. You really need to be in peak performance mode to pull this off. Also, make sure to spend a good amount of time doing past papers. Do all this and i am 100% CERTAIN that in no time you ll be replying to this comment saying "I DID IT!" 😂 Hope that helps. Lmao
@@shumailkhan7205 Thank you so much. All great advice, honestly I appreciate this so much!! Clearly you were very deserving of your grades. May Allah bless you. Yess the next reply will be about my success I hope 😂😭
I use space repitision in review 1 (5 minutes after study), review 2 (24 hours after study), review 3 (1 week after study), review 4 (1 month after study), and review 5 (6 month after study). I use mind mapping, concept map, or q&a to my technic review, it depends content I studied.
@@shounakchatterjee4461 Yeah, I need to know too. I need to study a lot of subjects to enter in medical school here in my country. Math, language, biology, physics, chemistry, sociology, philosophy, geography.
@@davidd1490 Same here as I am preparing for Civil Services Examination (India), and I need to study subjects ranging from History to Geography to Political science to Economy.
@@shounakchatterjee4461 You're as fucked up as me lol, I need to know how to utilize it when I need to study different things. It would be easy if I was already in the medical school
I really, really appreciate these two video's. It massively changed my life like really. I was desperate to find the most effective way to study. I did so many research but they just didn't really work out. So when i found this video a couple months ago, i was sooo happy, and when i saw my GCSES grades i could cry and that's all thanks to you. So really, thank you for doing it.
Hi so its march 2019 rn and ive hardly started my revision could you give me some tips on how you used active recall for science literally feel like im failing everything and i havent made any notes?
@@danielokoronkwo7499 to sum up you test yourself about what you read/learn. And repeat the process several times (sorry for bad English I'm still learning)
I watched this two-part series and found some techniques to use with active recall. I struggled when I first entered university in September, but finding this technique got me my very first A on an exam. It was my FINAL exam, too! THANK YOU!
I have used it in my school days unknowingly I just take the questions and try to recall it, scored top marks but during my college days studied only for semester i forgot this technique, again using now❤.I ll try to use spreadsheets.😊
Spaced repetition has been a game-changer for memory retention! One of the key benefits is how it tackles the forgetting curve by revisiting information at optimized intervals. Pairing this with active recall can really deepen understanding. Anyone who’s learning something new can definitely benefit from this method-it’s a brain workout! 💡
really wish i found you earlier! i'm in my last month of the semester still as a a psychology major. i'm struggling to remember the topics i was taught throughout the semester and need to incorporate in my essays. i watched both of these videos - super informative and detailed, i like the speed, and how strongly you feel about these methods. i definitely will be doing these because i really need to! i really like how you mentioned like focusing on one thing until you feel you've 100% mastered it AND THEN moving onto the next one and not moving on until that's been mastered is not effective. i tend to do that, i feel like i can't move on to the next topic until i'm done with the next but that honestly takes forever and i forget the information after the exam as it was all too much (and too many unnecessary details). thank you so much for the work you put into these videos and sharing them with all of us! :) these are undoubtedly way different than any other study videos i've seen on here!
it's a blessing having you in my life🙏 i got a national exam about the whole year and found about this where i still have about 13 days to continue revising and nail it. i will update when i get my results in 25 july (btw am studying science but my last year in high school to graduate) I got MOTIVATED to nail it and get my level up since i was miserable at retaining information and passing my exams (THE BREAKTHROUGH IS HERE LESS GOO! ) THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE ❤🙏 MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH MORE ❤🙏
After watching your videos, I realised the reason why I struggled with studying was because I HATED TAKING NOTES and highlighting and etc, plus it also was an inefficient way. Thus combined, I had no succes. Now, it's way more pleasant. Thanks a lot (:
Thank you so much! I'm a teacher, ESL teacher based in Spain. I'm studying to "opositar" or obtain a public job within the Spanish goverment and the amount of subjects is MASSIVE, around 42 laws to memorize... Your videos had been my iron rod, to hold and plan how, when and where to study while working full time.
summary HTSFE PART 1 To do 1.spider diag closing your book 2.active recall PART 2 ''How to make my brain work harder'' 1.spaced repetition -colour coded google spreadsheet -emphasis on active recall ''quantity over quality'' -minute details not important
@@sridevicarnane879 Active recall is trying to remember and recall the information without having to look at books or what ever it is that has it, so you are doing a lot of brain effort to remember them, weither by speaking or writing, and when you do what you can, Only them check the book to see where are you missing, and fill if you were writing, later you do the same thing but this time you usually gonna perfom better, and again untill you decide that you are good to go and only need a revise later on after a longer while this time.
U r sooo good 😊 ... honestly ur videos are well edited.. well structured... and u talk so fluently ... I mean with no confusions u just go straight to the point without wasting any time.... ur examples are realistic and simple ... thanks a lot ... hopefully u do well on ur life 👍 God bless U
You make study so much fun! I'm studying dentistry and kinda knew all these methods but I never used them in organized manner. Like having the questions in front of your eyes makes it so fun to recall stuff, and having a spread sheet for revisions and all the color coding it feels like a game and I'm leveling up every time, it's so enjoyable. Who knew a little organization can change your life so much. Thank you so much, you're a life saver!
Your advice about quantity over quality has blown my mind. I'm a first year Physiotherapy student and I just realised how much this could have helped me with an exam I had recently where I had to know anatomy, pathologies, tests, treatments etc for various body parts. I spent so long on things like the hip and knee to perfect my knowledge of them and because of that, ended up knowing barely anything about the ankle joint. I think this tip is going to help me a lot for my neuromusculoskeletal exam, thank you so much! :)
You are a life saver. I am not a medical student, I’m in my last year of secondary school however these techniques have helped me immensely in preparation for my exams. Thank you so much!!
I’m a GCSE student and what I realised is a lot of my friends make notes and don’t know these things. Before watching this video I would feel so bad that I haven’t even started but I guess this was my cue that I don’t need notes but I just need to active recall of what I don’t and do know. I’ll tell y’all how it goes.
for someone with the shortest attention span and cannot write notes/highlight ect for the life of me. YOU and you alone have singlehandedly helped me from failing, all these methods are so helpful thank you!!!!!!
Just absolutely mind-blowing ! Im a Chartered accountancy student the syllabus is just as vast an ocean . Im going to incorporate all your study techniques lets see if it works well for me . Loads of love and respect from India !
I used this and active recall on one of the hardest test and end up being the highest and one of the only students that passed, thank you Ali I've never thought I'll be able to experience this victory again.
I was never capable of finishing my topics in one sitting, instead I would take breaks every now and then and my grades are great, but I’ve always hated myself because I couldn’t concentrate for a long time or can’t do long sessions of studying like most people. What do you know? I was better than most people this whole time!
Wow, to think I went through 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school and 5 years of residency and fellowship without this technique. Thanks, I'm going to implement this for my next board exam and see how it goes!
Dear Ali, I am a third year medical student from Nepal, managing time and studying, having every stuff on the tip of our tongue during clinical years is really tough, I'm really thankful to you, I make sets of questions after studying every topic and I go through the questions. I don't make notes I recall what I have studied, write it down and then see if I missed anything. This is really helpful. Thank you so much!
The thing you said about the harder it is to retrieve an info the longer it stays, i just remembered how when I was younger, my mum used to keep telling me ( when I forgot something ) to try and recall it without her telling me. Surprisingly enough I've not forgotten anything even till date
As an INTP, I focus way too much on quality over quantity. And also deep dive into one topic and later the other. Cramming is a common phenomenon as well. Thank you for bringing structure in my existence of learning. Peace
I really like this video and think that these advices will help a Iot of people. Keep going , your channel is a gift for students like me. I could watch you explaining topics for hours.
Hey, I just wanted to comment and say that I am currently in law school doing a conversion course and I was terrified of exams. Coming from a humanities background where we are assessed more through essays rather than examinations I was uneasy with exams. I had a hard time with most of my past exams specially a levels so I was really scared about going to law school. But thanks to your revision tips I was 2 marks of a distinction. Thank you so much, you have legit changed my study life forever. These tips really do work. The proof is in the pudding
To blitz through a topic and just try to actively recall it and then move on rather than to focus too hard when reading is such terrific advice. Not only is it proven to be effective but it also saves a lot of time. I also love how you emphasized that effective studying methods, i.e. active recall methods, are more cognitively demanding than highlighting, underlining and rereading. Often I hear the advice, "Don't study hard, study less by studying smart"--when actually, studying LESS IS studying hard! Highlighting and rereading will take hours but it is undoubtedly the "easy" route because you're not challenging yourself. It's way more demanding on your brain to do active recall although it's faster and more efficient. Thank you for helping me realize that spending hours "studying hard" is actually quite lazy if you think about it...
I came here to get help for my prelims but now I am in love with you. I feel like before starting any new topic, ask yourself what do you already know about it and then read and then active recall. This worked for me.
Keep on uploading these types of stuffs sir.. I am struggling with my study habit and my inability to stick to any routine for more than 1 week. I need help.
Actually I wanted to use this method but i quited for two times because of the power it takes from my brain and i get stressed any time i use it . but i don’t want to give up on that . Watching this video for the 3rd time now . I want to use it for one month and just make it a habit for my studies !thank you dr.ali you are awesome
Knowledge is acquired through imitation, memorization, analyzation, visualization, concentration(focus)(pay attention), understanding material content, material content digestion (absorption) ,observation, link to your prior knowledge, preview, Query(questioning), read, listen, watch, demonstration, reflect, recitation, review, repetition, practice, active retrieval/recall, write question/answer, mock test, rehearsal, group discussion, practice doing it, teaching other, audio/video record yourself, read aloud, write (note take),summarize, and use of all senses such as hearing, smelling, watching, touching, taste and etc.
It kinda blows my mind when watching this video! All I can say is why didn't I watch this earlier, back when I was in the second or third years of med school (now I'm almost done my fourth year already!! :( ) But anyway, so grateful that's I found your youtube channel! Thank you so much for doing these! You are helping a lot!
I am about halfway through. I love love spreadsheets. I am excited about using this method with my studies and as a learning/training tool for work. Thank you! I just learned Kanban…and I may try that also- have you seen anyone use that tool to study??
The same thing when we do not see the ultraviolet or infrared colors .. It exists but we do not see it ... Revealed when studying and learn and deepen it .. Read about aslam
I don't know if you will read this or not but I saw your videos and this thing worked like magic for revisions.... Can you make an video about how to learn something new like when we start a new subject and a new book how to read the new information and understand everything... In class lectures how to grasp what the lecturer is saying because for the first time each and every bits seems to be important and it is quite difficult to gather all those information and I get tired quickly... Also if you can make the video before or during January it would be helpful for our new term.. but thank you for sharing all those active reading lessons
@@bnanachan7029 ... yeah, but I don't know which video that is, he literally could've given us the name of the video at least since he knows which video it is
@@garucho5819 I'm pretty sure i've seen that video somewhere, and by that, he literally put the title exactly like the video's content. "How To Learn New Content/Topic" somethimg like that, lol.
Spread out practice, juggle between topics within single study session, mindset change regarding other aspects of life too, knowing the syllabus and focusing more on weak subjects rather than revising the stuff we know, making a tally regarding revision, how well we recalled and the date of review
Takeaways: 1. Space your revisions. Remember the forgetting curve! 2. Review the study tomorrow and then 3 days later. The more spaced it is, more good it will be glued to the brain. 3. The harder your brain try to retrieve an info, the more durable it will be. 5. Manage a Spaced Repetition sheet.
I think outside of helping my study techniques this helped my overall outlook on studying. there would be times I'd beat myself up overtaking a break especially when I knew I had a decent bit of work, but this more or less shows that it's encouraged for me to take a break. read, recall, break, recall. so I don't feel like I have to be at something for hours
Its 2:25am. I was horrified since a week or two. But you like just snached my horror and thrown it into dustbin. Going to make the sheet just now and will start using active recall and spaced repetition. Thankyou for making me relaxed and will thank you after a week and a month even if it makes 10% of difference.
Oh wow, I’m so happy that you don’t like revision timetables and have another method that works for you, because I’ve always disliked them too, but they make us do them at school and I’ve always found it doesn’t help me at all. Hearing your method with the spreadsheet, I can already tell that that will be the perfect method for me. I’ve been struggling with time management of studying for a while now, unable to find a method that works for me, and although I’ve just watched the video and haven’t started yet, I feel like I can already tell that this is the method that will finally work for me. I’m going to go create my spreadsheets now. Thank you so much for this, I think this will be really helpful for my future.
this seems similar to the technique my 8th grade teacher used in our history class. We'd be in class doing our work (normally short worksheets and quizlet flashcards) then he'd suddenly announce it was review time and had us recall history facts. He did this throughout the whole school year and we all aced our history exams
I realize this is an old post, however; there is a twist. In art school taking a life drawing class where a model would pose anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, our professor decided to use a technique similar to what you describe. He instructed the model to pose for 5 minute poses, and here is the twist, the student were not allowed to draw during the pose, only after the model had left the room where they allowed to start drawing. The results were shocking/astounding/amazing!!! It forced student to improve there abilities in ways never before possible, we developed the ability to see someone in a random setting and then draw a likeness from memory. This ability stayed with me for years. I would see someone in a social situation and could draw a characterized comic book like scene. What an incredible lesson/technique.
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Are you know about Muhhammad SAW ?
I am barely one minute into the video and I can IMMEDIATELY sense that this guy KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. Thank you.
It's the Glasses. Its demonic powers gave him superhuman Intelligence.
@@rome229 seems realistic and logical
I agree
thank you for puttig it in caps, would have overlooked it otherwise
that's exactly how I felt and he really does
It‘s a combination of him talking fast (talking fast has really been shown to appear smart), looks (glasses etc.), his sophisticated sounding accent and well, the fact that he knows what he’s talking about. 😂
I love how he speaks in 1.5x speed and I don’t have to speed it up myself.
Underrated
Mom, tell the world am Alien cuz am watching in at 2x
exactly
I still put it on 1.5x speed😂😂😂😂😂
So true..fast talker, next vids coming on that
I've been studying with Anki, I absoloutely love your idea of using spreadsheets rather than revision time table. THank you for spending over 8 hours of filming and editing this video. You bet you've saved thounsands of hours (and more) for many others around the world. THank you!
what is spread sheets >?? can u explain it
i watched the video btw
@@suu964 take a piece of paper, divide it in two. in the first part you put all the questions of a specific topic you want to study for and in the other part the answers of those questions. So to test yourself you read the questions you´ve written previously and answer them without looking at the answers.
Sonia A.H thank u for replying 🌸🌸
@@suu964 excel sheet or google sheet.
@@eyalarasan6109 it doesn’t matter, both do the job
I just realized when I was in primary school I unknowingly used active recall and space repetition as a study method. At that time I got distinctions in every subject but when I got to high-school I stopped using that method and would cram a lot, resulting in average marks.
I too made the same mistake
When I was young I used to recall things and revise it weekly.Now I reread the textbook
Oh yeah, I'm in university right now and i start craming stuff in my brain out of anxiety. Idk when the exam going to come because of Covid but I'm giving myself a week to memorize all the topic to finish
Why did u stop
SAME REALIZATION AS MINEEE.
Used your technique went from 65% to 92 in physics 😁
WOW
wow how wow
Omg! I'm so happy for you.
Wohooooo!!! Amazing brother😁
You deserve the likes!!
Thank you! With your technique I was able to pass a really hard test at my university. I still can't believe that I actually passed it. From now on I'll using this for every test I'll write.
So what did u exactly do
@BOOMING SYSTEM UH UP TY TRACk tY TRacK Yes it is still going well. Since then I passed every test in the first try with good results. Before that I would fail most of them and would have to write them again.
@@nabeelhakeem3593 Well in short I wrote down question and used space repetition to memorize the answers. It helped me to break down big topics in small units.
@@midobo So basically, you asked yourself a question (tested yourself), then you memorized the answer with spaced repetition?
@@almabalderas6014 As I see it, that's one posibility. Another one is learning-memorizing the answer directly when you write your question (Ali suggests to do active recall even before you start to write your questions, during your first read. I think he says that in another video), then, when you ask yourself first time using active recall (testing yourself), you don't have to memorize, you have to recall the anwser and start to use spaced repetition to test yourself. Obviously, if you don't remember the answer to your question, you have to study-memorize it again and test yourself later or next day again and then start to use spaced repetition
Ali bro, i can hand on heart, your active recall revision technique has changed my life. I am now literally absorbing information and im no longer worried about finals:)Thanks a million, and i hope you go on to become the most subbed education channel on youtube!- Ali
Please I didn't fully understand that active recalling. Can you explain to me how you do yours?
@@danielokoronkwo7499 Think of it like asking yourself questions as opposed to just making flashcards. His previous video does a good job of explaining it
@@markschueler9228 Thanks mate I later understood it fully when I watched other videos and currently applying it for my forthcoming examinations, hopefully I do well
@@danielokoronkwo7499 Best of Luck!
@@danielokoronkwo7499 Care to explain?
I got a 46/52 on my nursing exam doing rereading/rewriting notes. Used this method and got a 50/52 on the next!!
That’s awesome! I’m in nursing school too and using this to get some good study techniques. Are you still using this method?
Well done.
omg awesome
4 marks that's interesting
very important tip by Nassin Taleb: "as soon as you get bored of reading a book change the book immediately, otherwise you will get bored of reading ALL TOGETHER"
Yess
Thanks
Good
Doesn’t help my adhd . I have like 100 books open without finishing any :/
Nice idea
Just done my A level exams, I remember watching this video in year 12, and honestly my life has been changed. I got A*A*A (Biology, Maths and Chemistry) it really does work and I’m grateful I saw this video.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
thats great. do you mind sharing your routine and what you did specifically? or any tips
Anki, the spaced repetition program, saved my A-levels - I cannot cram to save my life. Thanks for sharing this so more people know about it!
I don't have any words. This is just awesome. I got 100% on all of my exams with active recall and spaced repetition. Thank you so much Ali...
I have a huge crush on his personality and precision. What an intelligent man.
Are you a student?
Or his bank account?
My biggest regret is that I didn't know that your channel existed until like two days ago!.
I,m a second year medical student, and your channel is by far the best channel made by a medical student, it,s really really helpful, informative and can save students grades 👌.
I,m watching video after video non stoppingly!.
How are ya doing now? How are making use and implying these to your life?
Bro me ,todayyyy i knew this channel 😂
Also My O lvl is Near
So I’m autistic and tend to get very OCD about my studying, sometimes I’ll spend hours studying the same thing or chapter.
I really just wanted to thank you, because showing the logic behind this really helped me to let go and progress in a much more efficient way. Which has also intern given me time to do other things too.
Thank you for taking the time to help us. 🙂
Marie MacLeod I don’t want to be offensive but u must know how offensive it is to describe something as ‘autistic’ or using a mental disorder or illness as an adjective to describe something, so I hope I don’t offend you or anything but pls don’t use OCD as an adjective please. Thanks
@@hindmehmood7497 what if he's actually an autistic?
@@lyrahazel2079 They're targeting their use of "OCD" as an adjective, not "autistic". What they mean is that, because OP is autistic, they should know how offensive it is to describe something as "autistic", so therefore to use this to know how offensive it is to use "OCD" the same way.
I'm not autistic but I have the same problem 50 percent of the times. I get overwhelmed by the contents and will spend alot of time learning even the simple stuffehich I already know. Can you please help me out ???
Many autistic people struggle with OCD or OCD-like issues. I think the context here doesn't make it offensive at all.
hey Ali, I am from south Africa. I am currently in my 11th year and preparing for my igcse exams this May and June. Your videos have changed my school career, the text books were horrifyingly huge and seemed endless, you have changed the way I see studying and my life. Thank you so much, I feel like I owe my future to you .
How did your exams go? :-)
That’s so nice good luck 🤞
How was your exams, because I’m doing it in 4 months and pretty stressed. Maybe you can share some tips if you want to
i'm gonna try this method, i'm a second year med student, i actually study 11 hours/day but i'm always late with my exams, i hope it works! :)
How did it go?
Went from 43 to 80 in history, THANKS!
This is the first time I've watched a video on how to study and have actually learned something I didn't know already and is effective. You're awesome. Thank you!
*Timestamp*
01:05 - Introduction to spaced repetition
01:41 - The forgetting curve
04:40 - Spaced repetition within the same study session
06:41 - Structuring each day of study with spaced repetition in mind
08:37 - Tips for incorporating spaced repetition into your study routine
09:35 - Anki flashcards app
10:03 - Spaced repetition in everyday life
11:39 - Ali’s magical spaced repetition spreadsheet system.
12:40 - The importance of scoping your subject
16:17 - Tips for using the magical SR system
21:09 - Why I don’t like revision timetables
23:23 - Summary + closing remarks
thank youuuuu ;)
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Bored Player aw that’s a shame, oh well, at least it was helpful.
No thanks we have description!!😒
I learned for 3 complete edexcel Alevels (AS and A2) in 3 months by myself (no teacher) and aced all 3 exams. This guy changed my life!
in 3 months??
teach me your ways, i aspire to do the same but im scared of continuing as a failure :(
@@yannfourniol1485 yea but it was like 16 hours a day for 3 months
@@zarairxx1531 you really just gotta give it ur all and forget everything else for the 3 months. It also helps to give it some kinda fun n motivating name to hype urself up for the job. I called it the ENDGAME
Anyway, heres how i did it:
1 - ISOLATE. I traveled back to my home country and lived in an empty house by myself to ensure i had 0 distractions.
2 - treat it as if u were an elite level athlete training for their next fight or something. This means, eat clean to avoid feeling sluggish, consume foods and drinks that promote blood flow and are good for the brain. Make sure you are sleeping exactly 8 hours a day (no more or less). Never sacrifice sleep as it plays a vital role in helping you learn and retain information.
3 - ensure u r studying in the most efficient way possible. Dont waste time on stuff u already know. Use the tips in the video for this.
4 - its important to develop a level of "love" for ur subject. This makes sure that u dont have stuff u wld rather be doing (using ur phone for example). You really have to WANT to study every waking moment of ur day. U can try developing this kind of "love" for ur subjects by frequently thinking about y u like ur subjects and maybe relating it to things u come across in ur day to day life.
You really need to be in peak performance mode to pull this off. Also, make sure to spend a good amount of time doing past papers.
Do all this and i am 100% CERTAIN that in no time you ll be replying to this comment saying "I DID IT!" 😂
Hope that helps. Lmao
@@shumailkhan7205 Thank you so much. All great advice, honestly I appreciate this so much!! Clearly you were very deserving of your grades. May Allah bless you. Yess the next reply will be about my success I hope 😂😭
I use space repitision in review 1 (5 minutes after study), review 2 (24 hours after study), review 3 (1 week after study), review 4 (1 month after study), and review 5 (6 month after study). I use mind mapping, concept map, or q&a to my technic review, it depends content I studied.
But how do you manage your time between studying new things and reviewing old things?
@@shounakchatterjee4461 Yeah, I need to know too. I need to study a lot of subjects to enter in medical school here in my country. Math, language, biology, physics, chemistry, sociology, philosophy, geography.
@@davidd1490 Same here as I am preparing for Civil Services Examination (India), and I need to study subjects ranging from History to Geography to Political science to Economy.
@@shounakchatterjee4461 You're as fucked up as me lol, I need to know how to utilize it when I need to study different things. It would be easy if I was already in the medical school
@@davidd1490 Let me know if you came across any solution..we are in the same boat😋
I really, really appreciate these two video's. It massively changed my life like really. I was desperate to find the most effective way to study. I did so many research but they just didn't really work out. So when i found this video a couple months ago, i was sooo happy, and when i saw my GCSES grades i could cry and that's all thanks to you. So really, thank you for doing it.
Hi so its march 2019 rn and ive hardly started my revision could you give me some tips on how you used active recall for science literally feel like im failing everything and i havent made any notes?
I didn't understand active recall that much please can you explain how you used it?
@@danielokoronkwo7499 to sum up you test yourself about what you read/learn. And repeat the process several times (sorry for bad English I'm still learning)
@@doloressdu95 your English is correct
Which is other video
Thank-you for being a studytuber that isn't all about "aesthetic notes"
cheeky but youre our
ultimate revision angel or something like that
@@fizzahkhan5 both of you need to realize that spelling Fiza as "Fizza" or "Fizzah" doesn't make "Fiza" any cooler😩
Man he is so humble.....now I can't really wait for my exams to apply this😌❤️
Game changer. Thank you for taking the time to put this all together! You deserve so many more subscribers!
Watched all 3 ads as an appreciation for this high utility content.
I watched this two-part series and found some techniques to use with active recall. I struggled when I first entered university in September, but finding this technique got me my very first A on an exam. It was my FINAL exam, too! THANK YOU!
I have used it in my school days unknowingly I just take the questions and try to recall it, scored top marks but during my college days studied only for semester i forgot this technique, again using now❤.I ll try to use spreadsheets.😊
I went from 30% to 70% I'm going to start applying this technique to all of my courses this semester in sha ALLAH!!!
Spaced repetition has been a game-changer for memory retention! One of the key benefits is how it tackles the forgetting curve by revisiting information at optimized intervals. Pairing this with active recall can really deepen understanding. Anyone who’s learning something new can definitely benefit from this method-it’s a brain workout! 💡
Shook at how I’ve gotten through my GCSE’s and A Levels without knowing this stuff. The spreadsheet system is GOLD
really wish i found you earlier! i'm in my last month of the semester still as a a psychology major. i'm struggling to remember the topics i was taught throughout the semester and need to incorporate in my essays. i watched both of these videos - super informative and detailed, i like the speed, and how strongly you feel about these methods. i definitely will be doing these because i really need to! i really like how you mentioned like focusing on one thing until you feel you've 100% mastered it AND THEN moving onto the next one and not moving on until that's been mastered is not effective. i tend to do that, i feel like i can't move on to the next topic until i'm done with the next but that honestly takes forever and i forget the information after the exam as it was all too much (and too many unnecessary details). thank you so much for the work you put into these videos and sharing them with all of us! :) these are undoubtedly way different than any other study videos i've seen on here!
it's a blessing having you in my life🙏 i got a national exam about the whole year and found about this where i still have about 13 days to continue revising and nail it. i will update when i get my results in 25 july (btw am studying science but my last year in high school to graduate) I got MOTIVATED to nail it and get my level up since i was miserable at retaining information and passing my exams (THE BREAKTHROUGH IS HERE LESS GOO! ) THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE ❤🙏 MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH MORE ❤🙏
you're goals I SWEAR
When he apologized in 9:26 you know this guy is legit. How can you be so smart yet so humble. Respect🙏🏻
You might have changed my life forever
This man introduced Active recall , Spaced repetition and Retrospective revision to youtube World . Huge thanks 😊 man
After watching your videos, I realised the reason why I struggled with studying was because I HATED TAKING NOTES and highlighting and etc, plus it also was an inefficient way. Thus combined, I had no succes. Now, it's way more pleasant. Thanks a lot (:
Thank you so much! I'm a teacher, ESL teacher based in Spain. I'm studying to "opositar" or obtain a public job within the Spanish goverment and the amount of subjects is MASSIVE, around 42 laws to memorize... Your videos had been my iron rod, to hold and plan how, when and where to study while working full time.
summary HTSFE
PART 1
To do
1.spider diag closing your book
2.active recall
PART 2
''How to make my brain work harder''
1.spaced repetition
-colour coded google spreadsheet
-emphasis on active recall
''quantity over quality''
-minute details not important
I don t understand thé active recall please Can you help me ?
@@sridevicarnane879 Active recall is trying to remember and recall the information without having to look at books or what ever it is that has it, so you are doing a lot of brain effort to remember them, weither by speaking or writing, and when you do what you can, Only them check the book to see where are you missing, and fill if you were writing, later you do the same thing but this time you usually gonna perfom better, and again untill you decide that you are good to go and only need a revise later on after a longer while this time.
@@sridevicarnane879 and just In case you haven,t watched the first part or didn,t understand if well, I would suggest you watch it again.
Came here and realized I forgot the forgetting curve
Ur talking skills are so good..!!!!
must make a video about ur talking skills!
This guy sounds like Loki from Avengers
I have used this technique and guess what, from 83 I went 94 in Material Science and Engineering subject. Thank youuuuuuuuuuu
U r sooo good 😊 ... honestly ur videos are well edited.. well structured... and u talk so fluently ... I mean with no confusions u just go straight to the point without wasting any time.... ur examples are realistic and simple ...
thanks a lot ... hopefully u do well on ur life 👍 God bless U
This is what I call QUALITY CONTENT. Liked and subscribed.
You make study so much fun! I'm studying dentistry and kinda knew all these methods but I never used them in organized manner. Like having the questions in front of your eyes makes it so fun to recall stuff, and having a spread sheet for revisions and all the color coding it feels like a game and I'm leveling up every time, it's so enjoyable. Who knew a little organization can change your life so much. Thank you so much, you're a life saver!
Your channel might be my best discovery during this pandemic
Your advice about quantity over quality has blown my mind. I'm a first year Physiotherapy student and I just realised how much this could have helped me with an exam I had recently where I had to know anatomy, pathologies, tests, treatments etc for various body parts. I spent so long on things like the hip and knee to perfect my knowledge of them and because of that, ended up knowing barely anything about the ankle joint. I think this tip is going to help me a lot for my neuromusculoskeletal exam, thank you so much! :)
You are a life saver. I am not a medical student, I’m in my last year of secondary school however these techniques have helped me immensely in preparation for my exams. Thank you so much!!
I’m a GCSE student and what I realised is a lot of my friends make notes and don’t know these things. Before watching this video I would feel so bad that I haven’t even started but I guess this was my cue that I don’t need notes but I just need to active recall of what I don’t and do know. I’ll tell y’all how it goes.
for someone with the shortest attention span and cannot write notes/highlight ect for the life of me. YOU and you alone have singlehandedly helped me from failing, all these methods are so helpful thank you!!!!!!
I just love how excited he gets whenever talking about active recall
Just absolutely mind-blowing ! Im a Chartered accountancy student the syllabus is just as vast an ocean . Im going to incorporate all your study techniques lets see if it works well for me .
Loads of love and respect from India !
hi! did they work successfuly for you?
I used this and active recall on one of the hardest test and end up being the highest and one of the only students that passed, thank you Ali I've never thought I'll be able to experience this victory again.
Props to you! Nice job :D
I am watching this video one day before my exam, very spaced out indeed.
Your voice is so calming and you always seem like you know what you are talking about
I was never capable of finishing my topics in one sitting, instead I would take breaks every now and then and my grades are great, but I’ve always hated myself because I couldn’t concentrate for a long time or can’t do long sessions of studying like most people. What do you know? I was better than most people this whole time!
Advice noted Ali, time to put it to practice!! 🤓 Thank you!!
I love your blog!!!! So much motivation for productivity!
i love the way he passionately talks about this. im in love
Wow, to think I went through 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school and 5 years of residency and fellowship without this technique. Thanks, I'm going to implement this for my next board exam and see how it goes!
Dear Ali, I am a third year medical student from Nepal, managing time and studying, having every stuff on the tip of our tongue during clinical years is really tough, I'm really thankful to you, I make sets of questions after studying every topic and I go through the questions. I don't make notes I recall what I have studied, write it down and then see if I missed anything. This is really helpful. Thank you so much!
Dude you're the best believe me! I'm so glad that you are in the medical field! Thank you!
The thing you said about the harder it is to retrieve an info the longer it stays, i just remembered how when I was younger, my mum used to keep telling me ( when I forgot something ) to try and recall it without her telling me. Surprisingly enough I've not forgotten anything even till date
Have watched so many videos in how to study effectively...but haven't seen a single one THIS GOOOOOOOOD...thanku sir💝
As an INTP, I focus way too much on quality over quantity. And also deep dive into one topic and later the other. Cramming is a common phenomenon as well. Thank you for bringing structure in my existence of learning. Peace
The moment he started talking, I clicked the 'subscribe' button
Sending love all the way from Tanzania. I'm a High School student and your study methods helped me a lot! Thank you, I appreciate your videos.
Watches the entire 2mn ad, no regrets, this guy makes quality content and he gives valuable information, thanks Ali
I really like this video and think that these advices will help a Iot of people. Keep going , your channel is a gift for students like me. I could watch you explaining topics for hours.
Hey,
I just wanted to comment and say that I am currently in law school doing a conversion course and I was terrified of exams. Coming from a humanities background where we are assessed more through essays rather than examinations I was uneasy with exams. I had a hard time with most of my past exams specially a levels so I was really scared about going to law school. But thanks to your revision tips I was 2 marks of a distinction. Thank you so much, you have legit changed my study life forever. These tips really do work. The proof is in the pudding
To blitz through a topic and just try to actively recall it and then move on rather than to focus too hard when reading is such terrific advice. Not only is it proven to be effective but it also saves a lot of time.
I also love how you emphasized that effective studying methods, i.e. active recall methods, are more cognitively demanding than highlighting, underlining and rereading. Often I hear the advice, "Don't study hard, study less by studying smart"--when actually, studying LESS IS studying hard! Highlighting and rereading will take hours but it is undoubtedly the "easy" route because you're not challenging yourself. It's way more demanding on your brain to do active recall although it's faster and more efficient. Thank you for helping me realize that spending hours "studying hard" is actually quite lazy if you think about it...
I came here to get help for my prelims but now I am in love with you.
I feel like before starting any new topic, ask yourself what do you already know about it and then read and then active recall.
This worked for me.
Keep on uploading these types of stuffs sir..
I am struggling with my study habit and my inability to stick to any routine for more than 1 week. I need help.
Actually I wanted to use this method but i quited for two times because of the power it takes from my brain and i get stressed any time i use it . but i don’t want to give up on that . Watching this video for the 3rd time now . I want to use it for one month and just make it a habit for my studies !thank you dr.ali you are awesome
Suppose I have 6 subjects and in
Accountancy I am scheduling 3 topics on Feb 14 2021
What about the other subjects ?
you talk so fast i always have to check if my playback speed is set to normal haha! love your videos btw
Makes it harder to take notes! 😂 but still worth it!
I can vouch for that comment.
I had exactly the same problem. Just adjust the speed to 0.75. He will sound a little like he was drunk but you can grasp the information better.
lololol I’m a med student so I always double speed everything, but I had to put him on 1.75x
Me too checked the same :-D
dude you and that other lawyer guy saved my life. thank you for spaced repetition.
your speaking is so attractive, it would be great if can see you give a talk in some platform like TEDx talk
Knowledge is acquired through imitation, memorization, analyzation, visualization, concentration(focus)(pay attention), understanding material content, material content digestion (absorption) ,observation, link to your prior knowledge, preview, Query(questioning), read, listen, watch, demonstration, reflect, recitation, review, repetition, practice, active retrieval/recall, write question/answer, mock test, rehearsal, group discussion, practice doing it, teaching other, audio/video record yourself, read aloud, write (note take),summarize, and use of all senses such as hearing, smelling, watching, touching, taste and etc.
Has anyone called you a genius before? Because you are.
It kinda blows my mind when watching this video! All I can say is why didn't I watch this earlier, back when I was in the second or third years of med school (now I'm almost done my fourth year already!! :( )
But anyway, so grateful that's I found your youtube channel! Thank you so much for doing these! You are helping a lot!
Humility is an incredible quality. Just be the way u are. Awesome.
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I am about halfway through. I love love spreadsheets. I am excited about using this method with my studies and as a learning/training tool for work. Thank you!
I just learned Kanban…and I may try that also- have you seen anyone use that tool to study??
@aliabdaal
Honestly may Allah bless you abundantly man. This video is literally the best video I've ever watched on revision
Allah is fake
The same thing when we do not see the ultraviolet or infrared colors .. It exists but we do not see it ... Revealed when studying and learn and deepen it .. Read about aslam
big man allahu akbar
@@unknown-xm9ue didnt allah say u shouldnt be rude to others. astifirllah may allah bless u
@@harshivam208 doesnt society say you should respect peoples beliefs you fucking fanny
This is something I discovered. The more I recalled, the better I understood it, the more it enriched my insight.
I respect you Ali so much and you've helped me through my exams. God bless you
Finally, someone who speaks at my pace. Ty so much!
I don't know if you will read this or not but I saw your videos and this thing worked like magic for revisions.... Can you make an video about how to learn something new like when we start a new subject and a new book how to read the new information and understand everything... In class lectures how to grasp what the lecturer is saying because for the first time each and every bits seems to be important and it is quite difficult to gather all those information and I get tired quickly... Also if you can make the video before or during January it would be helpful for our new term.. but thank you for sharing all those active reading lessons
He made one.
@@Surfing566 I mean you could give us the name or a ling lol
@@garucho5819 You know you can just search it by scrolling up and down his videos 😂
@@bnanachan7029 ... yeah, but I don't know which video that is, he literally could've given us the name of the video at least since he knows which video it is
@@garucho5819 I'm pretty sure i've seen that video somewhere, and by that, he literally put the title exactly like the video's content. "How To Learn New Content/Topic" somethimg like that, lol.
Spread out practice, juggle between topics within single study session, mindset change regarding other aspects of life too, knowing the syllabus and focusing more on weak subjects rather than revising the stuff we know, making a tally regarding revision, how well we recalled and the date of review
Takeaways:
1. Space your revisions. Remember the forgetting curve!
2. Review the study tomorrow and then 3 days later. The more spaced it is, more good it will be glued to the brain.
3. The harder your brain try to retrieve an info, the more durable it will be.
5. Manage a Spaced Repetition sheet.
I think outside of helping my study techniques this helped my overall outlook on studying. there would be times I'd beat myself up overtaking a break especially when I knew I had a decent bit of work, but this more or less shows that it's encouraged for me to take a break. read, recall, break, recall. so I don't feel like I have to be at something for hours
I absolutely love ur science packed revision tips please do more.
Its 2:25am. I was horrified since a week or two. But you like just snached my horror and thrown it into dustbin. Going to make the sheet just now and will start using active recall and spaced repetition. Thankyou for making me relaxed and will thank you after a week and a month even if it makes 10% of difference.
the quality of these videos are unmatched. so impressed 👌🏾👌🏾
Oh wow, I’m so happy that you don’t like revision timetables and have another method that works for you, because I’ve always disliked them too, but they make us do them at school and I’ve always found it doesn’t help me at all. Hearing your method with the spreadsheet, I can already tell that that will be the perfect method for me. I’ve been struggling with time management of studying for a while now, unable to find a method that works for me, and although I’ve just watched the video and haven’t started yet, I feel like I can already tell that this is the method that will finally work for me. I’m going to go create my spreadsheets now. Thank you so much for this, I think this will be really helpful for my future.
Masha Allah, this is great information. A million thanks.
this seems similar to the technique my 8th grade teacher used in our history class. We'd be in class doing our work (normally short worksheets and quizlet flashcards) then he'd suddenly announce it was review time and had us recall history facts. He did this throughout the whole school year and we all aced our history exams
OMG OMG OMG THANKYOU SO MUCH I WAS LEGIT LOOKING FOR THIS AND ASKING ABOUT THIS AHHHH I LOVE YOU oh my gosh
I realize this is an old post, however; there is a twist. In art school taking a life drawing class where a model would pose anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, our professor decided to use a technique similar to what you describe. He instructed the model to pose for 5 minute poses, and here is the twist, the student were not allowed to draw during the pose, only after the model had left the room where they allowed to start drawing. The results were shocking/astounding/amazing!!! It forced student to improve there abilities in ways never before possible, we developed the ability to see someone in a random setting and then draw a likeness from memory. This ability stayed with me for years. I would see someone in a social situation and could draw a characterized comic book like scene. What an incredible lesson/technique.