Only when individual pieces fit to build a single coherent structure, will you be able to dramatically reduce the learning time. Soon you may pollute your learning process with a great deal of useless material that treacherously makes you believe “it will be useful some day”.īefore you proceed with memorizing individual facts and rules, you need to build an overall picture of the learned knowledge. However, the materials you learn may often seem well structured and you may tend to blame yourself for lack of comprehension. If you cram a German book on history, you will still know nothing of history.The German history book example is an extreme. Even more important: The value of such knowledge is negligible. However, the time needed for such “blind learning” is astronomical. Very often they have no other choice! The quality of many textbooks or lecture scripts is deplorable while examination deadlines are unmovable.If you are not a speaker of German, it is still possible to learn a history textbook in German. Still, an amazing proportion of students commit the offence of learning without comprehension. Trying to learn things you do not understand may seem like an utmost nonsense. The 20 rules of formulating knowledge in learning you will not just learn once but you will repeat the material optimally (as in SuperMemo). There is an underlying assumption that you will proceed with learning using spaced repetition, i.e. Those listed first are most often violated or bring most benefit if complied with! The rules are listed in the order of importance.
The same material can be learned many times faster if well formulated! The difference in speed can be stunning! The speed of learning will depend on the way you formulate the material. This article will help you overcome one of the greatest difficulties you will face when trying to accelerate learning: formulating knowledge Dr Piotr Wozniak, February, 1999 (updated)
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