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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
How to Ace Your Finals Without Studying
lifehack.org: "He states there is a learning style called holistic learning, which is an opposite approach to learning by memorizing and practicing by repetition and force (compartmentalized learning)"
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This seems like it would be an effective way to learn information, but I don't know how useful it would be when taking a test. For me, formal exams are such a stressful situation that I'd be worried about the integrity of my informational web. It would seem that without categorizations and compartmentalizations, one wouldn't even know where to begin looking for connections. It also seems like it would take a lot longer to take a test using this method.
My way of acing exams without studying... pay attention in class to begin with... =P It saves you all that extra time it takes to learn what you haven't learned yet. It's much easier to re-learn (if you've forgotten).
I don't think this would be an effective way of learning at all. I don't think I would ever be able to see information as a web in my head, but that's probably just me. I don't work that way. I would much prefer to study for a test knowing that at least I made the effort than rely on some web I am not sure of in my mind.
I'd never take a test I was unsure about without studying. The "repetition and force" method they're talking about has always worked for me. Maybe this would work if I'd grown up thinking this way, but for now, I think I'll just keep making flashcards and cramming before the tests.
Sounds like the blanket to me. I agree with it, as long as it is done properly. I'll admit that I haven't really studied since middle school if then. I learn it at the time it is taught, I think a lot of it has to do with the teacher and if they are able to help connect the learning to your life. I don't mean to blame certain teachers but you sorta get screwed over if the way a teacher teaches doesn't make sense to you. I know that when that happens to me its impossible for me to get a great grade. Basically the holistic method works for me!
This seems that it addresses the natural way that everything we are learning relates to each other. Which is really great to make such connections. I just feel like I would have to actually MAKE a spider web of information......some massive installation in the lobby.
I'm not gonna lie, this is pretty similar to how I organize my own thoughts. The only problem that I ever really encounter with it though is that because everything is so linked together it's fairly easy to get off track and on to a different "subject" entirely. It's pretty fun for conversation because it often spurs random connections that make sense to you, but for essays, it gets a little dangerous.
This sounds like it could work really well, and I think I actually utilize some of these methods, especially when trying to figure out concepts that I'm not sure of by connecting things I am sure of. Though, I wish I'd been taught this method when I was younger. It's not very likely that can teach a stressed out college student new tricks.
8 comments:
This seems like it would be an effective way to learn information, but I don't know how useful it would be when taking a test. For me, formal exams are such a stressful situation that I'd be worried about the integrity of my informational web. It would seem that without categorizations and compartmentalizations, one wouldn't even know where to begin looking for connections. It also seems like it would take a lot longer to take a test using this method.
My way of acing exams without studying... pay attention in class to begin with... =P It saves you all that extra time it takes to learn what you haven't learned yet. It's much easier to re-learn (if you've forgotten).
I don't think this would be an effective way of learning at all. I don't think I would ever be able to see information as a web in my head, but that's probably just me. I don't work that way. I would much prefer to study for a test knowing that at least I made the effort than rely on some web I am not sure of in my mind.
I'd never take a test I was unsure about without studying. The "repetition and force" method they're talking about has always worked for me. Maybe this would work if I'd grown up thinking this way, but for now, I think I'll just keep making flashcards and cramming before the tests.
Sounds like the blanket to me. I agree with it, as long as it is done properly. I'll admit that I haven't really studied since middle school if then. I learn it at the time it is taught, I think a lot of it has to do with the teacher and if they are able to help connect the learning to your life. I don't mean to blame certain teachers but you sorta get screwed over if the way a teacher teaches doesn't make sense to you. I know that when that happens to me its impossible for me to get a great grade. Basically the holistic method works for me!
This seems that it addresses the natural way that everything we are learning relates to each other. Which is really great to make such connections. I just feel like I would have to actually MAKE a spider web of information......some massive installation in the lobby.
I'm not gonna lie, this is pretty similar to how I organize my own thoughts. The only problem that I ever really encounter with it though is that because everything is so linked together it's fairly easy to get off track and on to a different "subject" entirely. It's pretty fun for conversation because it often spurs random connections that make sense to you, but for essays, it gets a little dangerous.
This sounds like it could work really well, and I think I actually utilize some of these methods, especially when trying to figure out concepts that I'm not sure of by connecting things I am sure of. Though, I wish I'd been taught this method when I was younger. It's not very likely that can teach a stressed out college student new tricks.
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