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Friday, December 8. 2017

Reading Aloud Helps You Remember More Information

Yes, it really does help.

Best study method I ever used: Read a paragraph, and explain its content back out loud in your own words. That method got me through med school.

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Education, Psychology, and Dr. Bliss, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:24 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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When I was a college student, I taught a fraternity brother friend this method for learning.

As a medical student, with the huge volume of material I had to learn, I used a little different method. I would write out outlines of my lecture notes and the book chapters we had to learn. Then I would outline the outline until I got it all down to 3x5 card size.

#1 Mike K (Link) on 2017-12-08 17:29 (Reply)

Abraham Lincoln used to do this.

#2 DMW on 2017-12-08 20:55 (Reply)

No med school, but in grad school I'd basically do the same thing. I was always carrying around a thick stack of them to review throughout the day. Tried to get my kids in the habit of doing it (sophomore and 8th grader), and they're like "there's an app for that." Ok, but note cards don't require a device that needs a charge, and they take up no room, easy to manage... Nothing.

#3 Hoss on 2017-12-09 01:18 (Reply)

I think "aye" discipline works, too. "Take this thingy and do A with it, then B, then report back." "Take thingy, aye. Do A, aye. Do B, aye. Report back, aye." Not only will you remember better, you'll clarify between the two of you that you genuinely heard and understood. Works even for married couples sorting out who'll walk the laundry and wash the cat.

#4 Texan99 on 2017-12-09 16:38 (Reply)

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