• Question: Any study tips on how to learn lots of large chunks of information?

    Asked by 692rgah32 to Craig, Devon, Marta, Natalie, Nicholas on 6 Mar 2017.
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      Natalie Doig answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      I teach University students and I give them a few tips. Firstly, always make sure that you really understand the topic before learning the details, it is much easier to learn details when they make sense in a bigger picture. Secondly, I tell them to draw things – to make diagrams of what you are learning, this helps you know what you do and don’t know about a topic. And also, read a lot about it from different sources, not just one text book.

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      Nicholas Younger answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Eat The Elephant!

      This is my motto. If there is a huge challenge facing you don’t get scared. Cut it up into little bit-sized bits and make your way through it.

      For loads of info, learn it a bit at a time, and if you don’t understand the bit you’re on then skip it and learn a different part, and while your brain is focusing on that you’ll often find that you start to understand the part you were stuck on.

      My favorite thing to do is to pretend you are explaining it to someone who knows nothing about it. If you have a deep understanding you will be able to simplify it to someone in a clear way. It’s a great way to make you summarise the topic and test yourself to see if you really understand it.

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      Marta Varela answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Tricky question… I find it very hard to learn something unless I understand why it is useful and what is cool about it. I would recommend you ask these question first: they also help you understand what is important about what you are learning and what is okay not to learn in such great detail.

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