Study Skills
Today I watched 3 different videos on Study, Reading and Critical thinking. In my own experience, I always had a hard time studying the information that I would learn just never stayed in my head I would always forget the next day. However, watching the video ''The 3 best science-study tips'' By Mike And Matty really changed the way I thought about studying. I learned that applying science into the way you study can implement how you study, Matt mentions 3 ways to study. Quizzing (Active Recall), Spacing (Spaced Repetition) and Mixing (Interleaving). Quizzing tends to put your mind through more stress which allows for you to gain knowledge better as you're putting yourself through harder strategies. Quizzing makes up for not reading a lot as you put your brain through harder conditions. Spacing (opposite of cramming) essentially means spreading out your study. Now, most people have this concept in their brains where they think studying constantly means you gain better information about the topic or subject you are studying but it has been proven that spacing out your study in a time manageable way is proven to work better than studying constantly. Mixing is not studying one topic or subject at a time and mixing in different bits of information. When I first heard of this I thought to myself how could that possibly work but as Matt was explaining I started to understand. Mixing different subjects while studying allows you to think of a better strategy and to think more. I personally feel these tips can really benefit me in the future and can change the way I feel about studying.
The second video was about ''5 active reading habits for textbook assignments'' by Thomas Frank. As a big reader myself I could only ever be able to read books if I was really into the book (which never helped me in school for one) but as Thomas was explaining different reading habits I felt some could really help in the near future such as skimming. Skimming each paragraph can allow you to stay focused but still pick up on the information within the paragraph by picking up important keywords. What can also help is reading backwards, by reading backwards you can find a summary or questions on the back of the book and find them while reading to understand more easily and paying attention to any formality such as bold text and stand out notes. All of these tips can help you to stay focused and understand the contents of the book without having a lot of interest in the book.
This video was by far my favourite to watch ''Creating critical thinkers through media literacy'' by Andrea Quijada at TEDXABQED. She starts off talking about how she wanted to be Wonder Woman growing up as she had a golden lasso of truth and how she would find herself fascinated by what people didn't tell her. With young people spending 7 and a half hours on social media daily why not let young people be able to decode these ad's and commercials to understand the true meaning behind this. I can relate to this as being a young kid on social media I was so gullible by everything I saw put up on the media. The companies who create these commercials use a target audience to show these to, to allow them to be manipulated into believing or buying whatever the ad represents. But she states that ''Once students know to deconstruct media they gain a superpower''
- Kate O Toole
Sources:
The 3 best Science-Based Study Tips
5 Active Reading Strategies For Textbook Assignments
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