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Active Recall vs. Passive Recall Part 2

Here are some examples of doing active recall.

Summary Sheets - Use these for your benefit. What I mean is that when you make a summary sheet, you should only be looking at your notes at the same time because that would just be copying your notes, which is useless. What you what to do is take a piece of paper and write down everything you know about the unit, topic, or module and when you are done, you look back to see what you have missed and that would be what you would study more.

Flashcards - I usually use paper flashcards instead of online oness because writing them down will help. I used to never want to create flashcards because they were just too time consuming, but honestly, they help. Just keep going and you’ll make it there. I don’t advise you to make flashcards the day before an exam, because you might be spending an all-nighter just writing stuff on a card.

Spider Diagram - What you can start doing is but down the title of your unit in the middle of the page, but subtitles in the corners, and write everything you know about it. You can also look at examples online.

Teaching - Yes, I know that not everyone is a teacher here and it is extremely awkward for you to find your family members look at you because you are trying to study for an exam by talking to yourself or your stuffies. This is help tremendously and maybe you might want to become a teacher!

Practice Tests - These are the most important. Sometimes you can’t find a practice test only for the thing you study, so try making one instead and put it away for a few days, then try doing it! Try to make it hard so that you think about it. There are so many tests online that would be a great help to you.

These are literally the only study techniques that I use and they have been extremely helpful!

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It's Okay to Cheat... Here, I'll Even Give You The Paper. (Summary Sheets Part 2)

It’s Okay to Cheat… Here, I’ll Even Give You The Paper. (Summary Sheets Part 2)

I know, I know. I’m talking about a big leap here… One I still have to explain (read: justify) on the regular. But stick with me for a bit. 

If we’d had this discussion in 2012, I would have told you assessment is what comes at the end of a learning sequence. That pedagogical place where I sit with red pen in hand (I say that symbolically, I prefer green or purple, myself) assessing work and…

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 Summary Sheets

In short, they are a great study tool, but you should know how to use them correctly. Summary sheets are basically used to condense all your content into a few pages. You should not be writing them word-for-word from the textbook because doing that is useless. What you should do is get a piece of paper and write down all you know about that subject then go back to see what you missed. I used to have friend who would just make documents after documents online as a way to study the same thing and when I saw that, I was so surprised about their study habits. Yes, they were and still are a good student right now, but, over the years, when school becomes harder, it will become harder for them to do well. That friend made those summary sheets and some of them were off the top of their head, but still, 1 summary sheet for one thing is good enough. You don’t need so many. It’s better to study smarter and not harder. Don’t be like that friend because that study method will get you nowhere. Instead use these sheets for your own benefit. Also know that your summary sheets don’t have to be fancy or aesthetic or anything. Just put down the info and that’s good enough.