How to Study SMARTER? 10 Scientific Study Techniques for Students

How to more study in less time / How to study for exams / How to study effectively!

Table of Contents ▶
Introduction.
Game of Time.
Power of Planning.
Role of environment.
Fact vs Concept.
How to Learn Concept.
Fake Memory.
Effect of Sleep
Conclusion




Intro:

"How does it feel when you study all day but still your friend who studied 10 times less than you gets more marks than you You sat for hours and made perfect notes while all your friends were playing outside They say that hard work is the phase of but the reality is that along with hard work smart work is also necessary.

Game of Time:

In today's Article I will tell you 12 such study techniques using which you will study for just 3 hours and get as many marks as others don't get even after studying for 10 hours The ninth method is the best method with which you will be able to memorize any chapter effectively from starting to end That too with minimum time and effort so at least Till that, definitely watch the video If you work smart, then there is difficulty Nothing happens, nothing happens Game of Time. Suppose these two students used to self-study for 6 hours a day. Both used to study for equal time but still there was a huge difference in their marks. Student B's marks were much higher than Student A's because there was a small difference in their way of studying. Studies have found that our brain can work with 100% efficiency only for an average of half an hour. Unfortunately Student A did not know this. He used to study for 6 hours continuously. In which he studied for 6 hours but the effective study was only for half an hour to 1 hour. Because after half an hour or for some people After 1 hour, the brain efficiency is only 20-30%. On the other hand, to tackle this problem, Student B used the Pomodo technique in which after every half an hour of study, one has to take a 5-minute break or after studying for 50 minutes continuously, take a 10-minute break in this break the brain will recharge and its efficiency will again become 100%. After studying with the study break pattern out of 6 hours, 5 1/2 hours of effective study will be done but the problem is that out of 10 only one or two students are able to use this technique properly Because if you start doing something during the break Which turns the break from 5 minutes to 5 hours Then it is of no use. So don't do any high dopamine activity during the break The best way to do this is to get out of the room for 5-10 minutes And walk around a bit so that Just refreshes your mind Power of Planning. Has it ever happened to you that you want to study but you don't feel like studying This happens because you plan your day in the wrong way or don't plan it at all. If you don't plan your day in the right way then there is no use of using the previous technique. 

Power of Planning:

Suppose both Student A and Student B study using Pomodo technique but the difference is that Student A after waking up in the morning will first pick up the phone and play games etc. and then after wasting half the day he will study while Student B will first study and then after completing his task as A will pick up the phone for the reward, guess whose Marks Obviously student B was more Because student A had already over stimulated his brain with dopamine Due to which later he neither felt like studying Nor was he able to focus. Well if you don't know about dopamine Then after this video You must watch the previous video Role of environment. Writer James Clare writes in his book Atomic Habits that environment is one of the most important things that influence your habits How effectively you can study depends on how your environment is while studying Just like going to the kitchen makes you want to eat and lying on the bed makes you want to sleep and going to a party makes you want to dance and similarly sitting in the library or sitting at a separate study table makes us want to study our subconscious brain takes cues from the environment and because of these cues any habit gets triggered, so you You have to train your brain so that while studying you should always sit on the study table The point of saying study is that there should be a separate place for study it is not like you are studying sitting there and eating there and looking at the phone at the same place Fact vs Concept. 

Role of environment:

Sometimes there are some concepts which we remember for years but some things we don't remember no matter how hard we try To remember any information First of all we should know whether it is a fact or a concept like If I ask you when did World War Two happen then some of you will remember and some will not because it is a fact where as if you know the complete concept i.e. how World War Two happened, why it happened and who started it then you will remember the fact easily For example World War One ended After it happened, Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28th in 1919 of June 1919 the Treaty of There"

Fact vs Concept:

Was signed this treaty punished Germany so much that their economy collapsed. Then a boy with extremist thinking, Adolf Hitler, took the responsibility of managing his country for time service but Hitler adopted a method which nobody had even thought of. Hitler attacked Poland and this attack became the starting point of World War 2 and World War 2 started in 1939 which continued till 1945. Now if you understand the concept of how this war started then the year 1939 will always be remembered. Facts are absolutely useless if you don't know the concepts. Facts will be meaningful only if you know the concept related to it. For example, now I will speak 13 letters one by one. When I pause, you will have to remember and speak these 13 letters in the same order. So ready — y t r h a u s p d p a y h. Now pause the video and try to remember. Did not you remember it? It doesn't matter. Now repeat them. Listen, I will speak the 13 letters again but this time you will definitely remember them, so pay attention. Listen carefully — h a t p y t h u r s d a y. Now repeat them. Most probably you will remember all the letters in the same order because this time a meaning was being formed of these letters. But the twist is that the first 13 letters and these 13 letters are exactly the same but still you can tell these 13 letters anytime and that too in the correct order. This is because the brain remembers meaningful information very easily. Our short-term memory spans only five to nine letters, but still you remembered 13 letters because these 13 letters had some meaning which the brain already knew. Facts are meaningless. To make facts meaningful you have to understand the concept related to it, so always understand the concepts related to it before remembering anything.

How to Learn Concept:

How to Learn Concept. Most of the students while studying do superficial thinking due to which nothing is remembered properly. But what is superficial thinking? Take an example. Understand what is superficial thinking in a study. Two groups of students were made and group A was asked questions like how many vowels are there in the word elephant. You already know that vowels are a, e, i, o, u — so how many vowels are there in these words, we have to tell them this and find the answer. At this time these students were only thinking about the letters of the word and not about the word’s actual meaning. This is what happens — superficial thinking. Group B were asked which of these things is bigger in size? While searching for the answer, the actual picture of that thing came to their brain and their actual meaning was known. After some time, when they were asked to tell all those words then the students of group A remembered only five out of 30 words but the students of group B remembered 10 words — i.e., double than group A. When you read definitions while studying and do not try to understand the actual concept, then you are doing superficial thinking. Therefore, never study in this manner.

Fake Memory:

Fake Memory. To remember any information, recollection is important. Recognition makes us think that we remember this thing but in reality it does not happen. When you are reading any chapter, whether you watch a lecture or read from a book, you just recognize the information. Have you ever felt that when you take your notes and start revision and start looking at everything, it seems that this also comes and that also comes — but as soon as you close the notebook everything is blank, you do not remember anything because your brain was recognizing that information on seeing it — that yes, I have read this before also — but in the brain store nothing is happening in long-term memory. To store information, recollection has to be done instead of recognition. But how to use the next method?

Active Learning:

Active Learning. If you want to remember any concept, from childhood till today, we have been taught only one method in school — rote memorization — means by rote learning. But this is not at all effective. If you want to remember what you have read for a long time, then active recall method is the most effective method. In active recall, we do not recognize the information but retrieve it from the brain — that is, we recall any concept after reading it. You have to remember in the brain what you have read. Even after revision and after watching lectures — even after thinking about everything in the brain — if you have memorized everything, then 100% you will remember that concept in the exam because in exams we do not write answers by looking at books or notebooks, but rather retrieve concepts from our brain.

Effect of Sleep:

Effect of Sleep. I suppose you studied using all the best study techniques but all this is all a waste if your sleep is disturbed. Most of the students underestimate sleep but sleep is one of the biggest factors due to which any information becomes your permanent memory.


Feynman Technique:

It will be stored in the brain. For example, if you read this chapter today, it will go into the transitory long-term memory. This info will be store in the brain permanent memory only if you sleep for 5 to 8 hours because the process of the storing information in permanent memory depends on Rapid Eye Movement sleep, which starts after about one and a 30 mint of sleep. 

Feynman Technique:

So we have come to know that understanding concepts is the most important thing — but how will you understand the concepts? To understand concepts easily, you will use the **Feynman Technique**. According to this, whatever you have read, you will have to explain it to someone else and explain it in such a way as if you are teaching a 5-year-old child — because you can explain a concept to someone else only when it is 100% clear to you yourself. If you get stuck at any point, then understand that you yourself did not understand that thing. The special thing about this method is that while explaining to someone else, you yourself are also doing active learning. If you can't make others understand, then make yourself understand — talk to yourself.

Spaced Repetition:

Do studies according to a system. Information from temporary memory must be seen **seven times** to be stored in permanent memory. 

Conclusion:

Do you want to study more effectively in short time and still marks higher? In this article, I’ll share powerful study techniques for specially students that will help you study more hours without feeling tired. You’ll learn how to study more effectively, how to learn concepts easily, and the best ways to study that actually work. Watch till the end to discover how to study more in less time and boost your academic performance instantly.