GENIUS METHOD for Studying (Remember EVERYTHING!)
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Me watching this the night of the exam 💀
You got it, i believe in u
My exams this Friday, being honest history is not my thing, but I decided to challenge myself and take apush, and well, I'm not so confident on how well I'm going to do on my exam
@Haley-gu2ug you got this, my test is Friday too so we're in it together 😭
@@4vr_udead257 omg urs too? I wish u luck 😊
Omg same
ACTIVE RECALL METHOD
1. Read or watch a single bit of information you need to know
2. Reformulate that information in your own words
1. Just do it in your mind
II. Say it out loud
TI. Write it out, by hand
I should add this method has limits does not work if you don’t truly understand the material like me in calculus
You won’t remember the information permanently however it lengthens how long it takes to forget the information
And takes longer to do frankly it’s a very solid method I’ve used throughout all high school without knowing and it’s not as perfect as he makes it out to be but it is a very good method and my grades can attest to that
or create an analogy with a subject you already know,
it also helps to create diagrams and graphs, preferably over time as an analogy to something for those who think in numbers
You guys should use AP ActiveRecall as it has guides for NSL, APUSH and PSYCH based on utilizing active recall😊
i write out by hand from a long time, ngl it's one of the best ways to train your memory & remember information.
Thank you. I didn’t wanna watch the guy in the video go on and on
I used Active Recall very briefly before my APWH exam last year - just reviewing the basics from each unit - and I ended up getting a 5! This is 100% the best way to study!
Yesss, I use this regularly now and I hope to score a 4 on ap gov, even though I’d honestly be fine with a 3. I also like summarizing certain topics by writing them down on flash cards, trying to visualize the information which works like a charm :)
To quote a historian “I’d be willing to wager there was an awful lot more behind that score”
@@ashokamaurya4478 🍆🍆🍆
So it's basically just putting everything in your own words? Or am I missing something?
@@ashokamaurya4478 hah, good point. i think practicing throughout the entire year leading up to the exam just solidified my knowledge to begin with. not to mention my teacher was amazing :)
To anyone having trouble even remembering this lol:
1. ya see it (Read the info)
2. ya say it (Reiterate, out loud, the information in your own words)
3. ya write it (Step 2 but on paper, you don't have to store it- but u can to do this again later)
4. ya repeat it
at least that's how my brain remembers it
w mans
thank you
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I actually used this method without knowing with subjects I prefer over others. When I do something like science or social studies for example, I always joke around and summarize what I just listened too in my own humored way. That humor way is that I recall in my tests and like some anime flashback I remember what is the answer and get the question right. Maybe now that I know the science behind this, I can help myself in the subjects I more dislike, like math or english...
THIS IS WHAT I DOOOOO
That is actually so smart. I tend to just summarize information I’d just learned in my own words.
yes that's a great method, like in chemistry when we took about elements' oxides flame colors & had to memorize a bunch, i told myself "sulfur is yellow & sulfur dioxide forms a blue flame, so remember the ukranian flag (yellow & blue) " or "calcium strengthens bones which are coated by (partially) red muscles, so calcium forms a red flame".
bro, I did that too!! but for history, I still remember it till this day. I remember making fun of the ottoman empire because ottoman is a chair, I thought it was funny at that time lol. I remember the different empires in china and the contributions they had and etc xD
Same, thats what i tend to do with maths and science as well
I’m a freshman in college and this is super helpful. I’m not used to studying independently because anything I’ve studied has been with an instructor.
Same but my method of studying is confusing myself I guess that does force it to the Neuron to interact more seems I am trying to understand it even when I am confused
@@Anonymous-ri4mk when confused I tend to look back at the contents of the chapter you are reading if it’s a textbook. Those are the important parts of it and you want to focus on those.
I have been using active recall for 3 years now, and my biology scores have never been less than 90, this semester with alot spaced repetition and active recall, got 100 on all my bio tests. I used it for Chem and physics when they require memorize. For subjects that require understanding, I understand and solve plenty of questions until I perfect it. I use that for math and I have A+s In math.
Ok Einstein
How do I do this with long paragraphs?
@@sbdreamey like memorizing a script for a presentation or a long paragraph of for example history, if presentation, i recommend you read it a couple of times and speak out loud what you learnt, gradually you will learn if long paragraphs, i recommend making questions for yourself from that paragraph and answering the questions, works very well after few revision. good luck
@@Philocalyleena I don't think so this can work on maths since math is not memorising but also practicing
@@cothinker680 indeed, I have mentioned in the last part of my paragraph regarding math.
I watched this video about 2 weeks ago and thought "Huh. Interesting." Flash forward to yesterday, my AP Gov teacher tells us he's going to give a practice multiple choice test tomorrow from the textbook. I've always been garbage at studying, so I thought it would be worth a shot. I wrote down every question answer that I got wrong then before class read just once briefly again.
The test was really easy!! I got 100% and actually understood it more! This is honestly game-changing, thank you so much! Your channel has saved my grade several times, I look forward to using this technique again!
Wow, this is EXACTLY what I did in APUSH. I got a 5, not a perfect 100, but I took it!
Same!
How much information did you rewrite at one time? Like did you do one for every period? Taking so APUSH test this year so just wondering
Yo, can you help me on what information you studied because I got my test in a couple days
you are saving my apush grade king 🙏🙏
Me who doesnt study at all ...
I've always used a different variation of this... Pretty much anytime I'd learn something in middle or highschool I would go home and "teach" my parents whatever I had just learned (generally for math) and it worked really well as the sudo-tutoring would force me to really understand the subject matter
sudo-tutoring lol
@@orang1921 So someone has learned the appropriate use of a word without having read that word. Why not congratulate them on that and show them the spelling so that they will recognise it when they do read it?
Instead of displaying pseudo-superiority.
@@eh1702 i agree
@@eh1702 i just thought it was a funny way of spelling it and commented on it, wasn't ridiculing or intending to be condescending, man 😕
@@eh1702 Chill.
I remember watching Heimler back in high school. Luckly I was blessed with great teachers and never had to study for an AP exam. Still one of my best moments getting a 5 on the APUSH test.
Without even realizing, I had been doing this exact thing the entirety of my school year. At some point, i stopped trying and didnt do much of this at all. Thanks for putting this purpose into words, thank you!
During my APUSH class i essentially copied the book down for notes. I was extremely detailed, wrote everything down in my notebooks went through like 4-5 and a couple of packets. I still remember a lot of stuff from that class and I can say with complete confidence that writing it down helps a lot I got a 4 on the exam and I attribute it to my amazing teacher and the notes I took
I got a 5 and took like 3 pages of notes the day before💀
Bruh copy the whole textbook and get a 4. man dunno how you should feel
You missed the point of the video
Dude that's kinda sad. Copying a whole textbook and getting a 4
I’m a homeschool mom and this is the exact method we have used for the last several years! It’s known as Narration in the Charlotte Mason homeschool philosophy. This is amazing to hear of this from another perspective and to hear of the scientific evidence to support what I already believed to be true about the best way to learn. Thank you!
This method actually works!! I found it earlier this year and I've already done better on APUSH tests!!
I have been doing it without even knowing, I'm actually quite surprised, thank you for showing this to people in need!
i've been subconsciously using this my whole life and i am very thankful for having this at a very young age
So amazing how such a simple method could lead to you learning so much more than you expected yourself to.
Wow, I’ve been using this throughout my entire school career and didn’t know that I did it. I always walk around when I explain these things to myself and put it in my own words, just thought I was a kinesthetic learner!
Another way to think of this method is “Active Engagement.”
Instead of trying to just remember or soak in everything, sort of play around with everything you’re doing.
I already do some pieces of the method, but having it listed out is very nice.
Restating the info in your own words is probably very important. The meanings are almost always more important, and this helps to really grasp at it.
I actually used this method all the time for my regents exams, and I always get at least a 95 or above. I didn’t even know there was a name for it lmao.
What I recommend is to find practice tests for the subjects your studying for, and after completing it, re do all the questions you got wrong and try to understand why you got them wrong. Then you can use the active recall method to write down the information that you didn’t really know. Repeat this process and you should be very fluent and knowledgeable in that subject.
Yea we did this for all of our unit Tests known as Test revisions where we had to write down 3 Sentences as to Why a Other question is right and Why yours is wrong
Me too
Thanks for everything this year Mr. Heimler! Your support is very appreciated!
This might sound crazy but I’m actually studying for my exams now and watching RUclips videos, but then I saw this. And you’re list almost everything that I’ve been doing about cramming. I wanna say thank you because this is very helpful and I’m sure gonna start using this method now. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Heimler, I think your videos really helped!
I liked the ~”learning to release the clutch and starting driving” example. I learned to drive on a manual/stick shift. Initially, I kept stalling the car. My dad was teaching me at that point and I couldn’t get what the problem was. Then my mother was teaching me and she helped me understand that (at least in the vehicle I was driving) the crucial part of letting out the clutch happened in the very last little bit of travel of the pedal. It was like a lightbulb. Ha just needed to have a better perception of what was actually going on.
I’m 52 and this was what I was taught to do back in high school. It wasn’t labelled or anything, it was just how we did it. I guess we had no other options in the 80’s except to make notes by hand. Probably why I can still remember a lot from those times.
thanks for this it actually helped my test scores in APWH!
somehow I subconsciously used this method when I took chemistry this past year and it worked wonders! first i'd sit down and do the homework for the week, then i'd call a friend who needed homework help and reword the info so she could grasp it, and thirdly the week before any exams I would write out all questions and answers that would be on the test. I will definitely be using this tactic again next year :)
The second one : Reformulate information in your own words work really well for me especially writing after you remembering something.
Active recall only works for a couple of months in my experience now tbh I’ve never heard of active recall but I kinda just realized I’ve been doing it my whole life subconsciously as I only learn things if I can word it myself and explain it to myself so assuming active recall is just the three bullet points he said it was
Yes it works
Yes it takes ages to do
It does have limits and can only work a certain amount
And you will forget the material just months after the test instead of weeks or days after
that's why you do it after 24h, then a week, then a month, then 45 days
That's why you combine it with spaced repetition
@@user-ox7um3ym7i that's spaced repetition. But people forget things at different times
i got a 6 on my first dbq thanks to you! kind of worrying about the second cause the first my timing was off
This is helpful but shouldn’t be what you rely on completely. Active recall does work because it’s recalling, not recognizing, but only for isolated information. This is described as rote-learning, and the better way is conceptually learning. Making relationships between information and making it relevant to yourself is the best way to remember it. You will have more of a structure and details will be easier to recall on test day. Mind-maps are the most effective way of taking notes and seeing relationships instead of writing words left to right, down the page (linear note taking).
Agreed. Active recall COMBINED with mind mapping… the best of all worlds
Definitely correct. Do you happen to know of Justin Sung, iCS? Lol
@@EragonShadeslayer lol ur exactly right, the king of studying
@@matthewdahlerup7584 Hahaha
@@matthewdahlerup7584can I use active recall if my exam is after only like one month
I can confirm that Heimler is telling the truth. I made a RUclips Channel in 2020 when I was a freshman called Jacob Nash, where I teach everything I learned in my classes in my own words and this led to me earning a 100 in Geometry, Algebra II, and Precalculus, 5s on AP Exams, and being in the top 5 (of 692) in my high school. Teach what you learn!
Thank you very much for your info🙏
I already have really good grades, and then I watched this video to get better and realized I've been using this method all along subconsciously. Amazing.
I learned of active recall after my high school which is sad since I could really use that knowledge when I took my test. If you want to understand more about active recall then understanding that it pairs incredibly well with another tool called spaced repetition. Basically you do a review for a day, then you do again the next day. Then you review only 2 days after the next. Then you review one week later. How this work is that it follows the forgetting curve that was researched by Ebbinghaus.
How I learned to memorize my things now is not through closing my notes and speaking it aloud, nor is it writing it out. I do what doctors do and create flashcards in an application called Anki. Anki is not just a tool for doctors, but it works for all learners. Why it works is because of what I said above, it utilizes spaced repetition to help you jam in the knowledge.
If you want to learn more about active recall and spaced repetition then I implore go to watch videos from channels such as Med School Insiders or from Ali Abduul. Both the people who run these channels are very trustworthy as they are the top excelling students of their time so their strategy does work.
Know that there will be a learning curve to utilizing spaced repetition or Anki. It take a little bit of time to get used to it because your brain will tell you that it’s hard. Making flashcards isn’t easy either as there is a guideline to creating good flashcards and bad flashcards. Understand that if your mind is telling you that it is difficult, that is an Indication that the method is working. The more cognitive load you put into studying then the more effective your brain will encode that information in your head.
bruh thanks so much
The connection of the neurons is called synapse, and the strengthening of them is called long-term potentiation. The way you strengthen them is like you said, through active recall. If you force your brain to constantly remember something (putting your brain through repeated stimuli) your neurons will strengthen in connection, therefore making your ability to retain the information more efficient. I learned that in Ap psych this year 😭
Great Video ❤
Im gonna try this tomorrow thanks
I convert everything you say into flash cards and then have my parents go over it took forever but I got a four on my APWH exam so it works
Oh my gosh, I use this especially for math, it just happens passively because I enjoy it
active recall is basically you need to study or watch the cpntents/syllabus. then review it
in mind speak out loud , then write it
I will say that this works better for me when I'm talking to someone else about a subject, like for instance I was teaching my girlfriend about integrals a few weeks ago as a way to help me study it and I still remember that and the info far better than I would've otherwise today.
I am lucky, I got a 5 by having a great teacher who had us practice DBQs LEQs SAQs and milked our brain cows through use of huge slideshows
omg I actually did this last year on the apush exam and now I’m watching this video. I prepared using a workbook, and the notes I took were mainly on the general concepts with sub categories. The notes were in the most basic, street language I could write like: “Bacon’s rebellion was with Native Americans and **** happened”. I would remember the simple info then the pieces would connect.
I ended up getting a 5
lol, you were streaming an final review last year while I WAS TAKING MY AP EXAM in Asia, and I got a 5. And all I did was watching your video last night
I've actually been using this method occasionally, and i never even realized it. I've simply just been tutoring my friends, and that actually really helped myself on tests, probably more than my friends who i tutored
Unfortunately this only works when i need to memorize things
active recall: recall and reformulate information in your own words
1- attain information
2- reformulate it with your words: - in your mind, - then say it out loud, -then write it out
do brief study sessions but frequently rather than long exhausting cramming
I've been doing this for years and it got me through school. About to use this method to study coding
About to take Ap GOV next month, praying for a 4 but I’d be fine with a 3. I’ll update this once after I take it, appreciate how helpful your vids are.
Update: I got a 3!! It felt oddly easy, thought I did way better but I’m still happy :)
good luck! I'll also be taking that test next month
Me as well! Good luck to you both!
nah bro you got a 5 easy
@@brodiemorris2081 i’ll try my best, thank u 🫶🏻
I'm taking AP Euro, gl man, be waiting for ur update
so ive been accidentally using this method to just learn. dope. one thing that helps is just put everything in a funny/vernacular way that u know u gon remember.
I'm gonna do this more with my students.
Thank you!
acc a goated strategy. Got a 5 with this and will use it for every ap class. You sometimes won't feel like it worked until you take a test and u remember the key concepts. If i used this in ap human I wouldn't have got a 4 lmao
💯💯💫Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of experience, Sirs!
I’ve been rewriting my APUSH IDs in my own words and it works
I've been doing this for 60 years, although I don't ever recall hearing the term "Active Recall".
thank you so much
Before I watched this video I had used this method but never knew it was already a concept… my version is a little different I treat it as though I’m teaching myself the concept and act as a teacher explaining it.
Heimler is right. Another really good strategy that does this: call a RELIABLE friend, {one that will actually be devoted to work} and quiz one other on the AP content LIKE THIS. First outline all the Heimler videos on your study GAPs by yourself beforehand, and then quiz each other on the notes WITHOUT looking at them {unless you’re the one formulating the questions}. This really works. I went from 60% accuracy on multiple choice {without the curve} to 80-100.
love this method
I remember doing this trick the entire day before a religion exam! given, yes we have received a study guide for the exam. But, I ended up getting a 100% on that exam. I thought it was because I devoted a day to it, pencil to paper, revised my notes around 5 times in total. Got all of the information down onto a flashcard, which I used to review the morning before the exam. .... Now I realise I need to do this process again because it really worked!
Got a 4 on ap world thanks to you my guy
Active recall is the way to go!
Thank you 🙏🏽
ive been doing this since elementary and never knew it was some serious method
exam day is in 2 days yay great time to see this video
You know I have been doing this for a while without knowing this was some method it just felt natural
I recently started studying for my Apush exam through practice only, meaning that I only study by answering SAQs, LEQs, or DBQs (I'm covered for the MCQ). I only read when I can't answer the question or when I had a hard time doing so. My guess, or hope, is that after enough repetition, the writing will just come naturally.
@@heroryan7859 you should check out apactiverecall, it has a great question guide that you can check out and it's rlly helpful
I want to know how well you do in the exam
GOD, I don't know how my mom linked to Jerry there... My mom always tells of writing the things after learning and while reading try to read aloud so that the words go to ear and to head (not just seeing and reading in head) .... Also whenever there is so much theory to memorize making custom rhyme that I can recall easily and writing it down!!!.
I might not be an excellent student but those tricks helped me come this far...
i wish i had seen this 4 months ago as opposed to two nights before the exam, because i figured this out on my own like a few days ago and i wish i had done that sooner ;-;
i already do this while cramming/binge watching
I'll never "do" it, but I will listen to this video.
Mind palace and repetition is the key of master learning and remembering, with my opinion.
People with aphantasia can’t use the vaunted Mind Palace method. This works for people who can’t see with their mind. Saying and writing have worked for me. As an alternate process Being able to see with the mind for mind palace would be a slam dunk..
Awesome this is very doable
thanks for this I went to college early and got a good grade thanks
I think the biggest part you didn't cover is how he did eight practice essays, countless mock exams and mcqs.
I honestly think this vid is horrible for allot of reasons ngl
You’re gonna save me and I thank you
seeing this the day after the exam :)
How much information should we try to memorize per unit? I don’t want to spend to much Time on units 1,2 and 9 bc they appear 4-6% of the time on the test but what if there’s a FRQ or LEQ about those said units??
Can confirm, remember everything you possibly can.
Acitve recall works I did it for my exam without realizing it was alreayd a thing I looked at information then said it again while looking at the question for the entire syllubus it only took an hour and on exam day I could pull what I found out from my mind instead of just forgeting and then for the second one that was yesterday I studied less and still remembered in the exam day because of the week prior.
This sounds very similar to the Feynman technique. But thanks for the video ❤
Thanks alot
Great!
Basically this means,
Read the sentence which you need to remember and read it then say it without looking it 👀.
Can you make a video about hot topics from each unit to use active recall on
At 2:30 he says he will post it next week :))
Use your book's Table Of Contents and try to remember what's in each section.
@@phias916 I missed that thanks
@@Gorboduc was this for Apush if not we don’t have a book for world
The only way your message will work for me is through MIND MAP. Of course, it must be done after i have learn and revise everything. Thank you so much!!!
Mindmapping is amazing, very complicated but also very rewarding, like creating logical and intuitive chunk structure establishing BB's ect
Is it really worth the time?
@@_quixote in the long term it is one of the most worth while things you can learn to do, but integration of higher order learning techniques will take time and if your taking a challenging semester you want to slowly integrate them
Active recall for me doesn't work long term, which is what I want. So I use method of loci. But it takes a lot of practice, and for a lot of stuff also requires mastery of active recall. The reason why is because for method of loci to work you need an action and an emotion, which information tends to lack so you'd need to invent a different way to remember information.
What exactly did u go to combine- struggling w long term
Uni student taking the last exam of my MSc. (Neuromarketing) this works ;)
3:33 straight to the method
Thx for help
Yup this works didn't knew it's full potential though.
So I was always learning right without knowing I was learning right? Nice!
oh so ive been doing that for years. thats pretty cool.
this is straight facts
Read the book "Make it Stick" !!!
There is a similar method like this but it is not s good than his method which depends how many times you do it
It is called the 1 2 3 study method
1.Read information
2.Summaize it in your own words
3. Do step 1 and 2 three times
This is a good structure for beginners but try and review mor than three times after using this method many times.