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Studying Better and Less (Study Time Equation (Learning Quality (Class…

- - - - Desired Preparedness = (Class Time Learning Quality) + (Study Time Study Efficiency)
        
        Study Time = (Desired Preparedness - (Class Time * Learning Quality))/Study Efficiency
        
        To Decrease Study Time, increase learning quality and/or study efficiency
        
        Learn Better
        
        Paying Better Attention in Class
        
        Maintain Good Health because your body is your mind
        
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        Sit in the Front
        
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        Come Prepared to Class
        
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        15 Minute Rule
        
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        Be Active in Class
        
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  - - - Reading the Textbook
        
        Don't Do All the Reading
        
        Time is valuable, you should use it elsewhere
        
        Primary readings (required textbook), try to read
        
        Secondary readings (supplemental), quickly scan or skip
        
        Gauge your class and adjust as needed
        
        Figure out how to tackle reading assignments
        
        Multiple choice (focus on bolded terms, definitions, and specific details)
        
        Essays and written questions (grasp main idea, hone in on most salient points and summarize after reading)
        
        Actively Read
        
        Read as if having an intelligent conversation with an intelligent friend. Listen intently. When pauses, contribute your own ideas and create new information
        
        Pseudo-Skim Method
        
        Larger reading assignments have a lot of filler (background story, asides, exceptions, extra details)
        
        Scan through paragraphs, if its an important paragraph, slow down and read it fully
        
        Read Chapters Backward
        
        Look at review section and use that to pick out bits more easilty
        
        Create Questions While Reading
        
        Active Recall
        
        Practice brain retrieving information instead of passively exposing yourself to it
        
        Use notes to write questions to quiz yourself
        
        Use section heading to write questions because they pull out main ideas and basis for section's most salient points
        
        Pay attention to formatting
        
        Look for words that are bolded and italicized or in lists
        
        Mark up Book and Take Notes
        
        Margin Notes
        
        Finish reading sections and take notes. If its research, take notes while reading
        
        Summarize
        
        Teaching is the best way to retain information
        
        Try to take bullet notes from memory before re-reading and fleshing the notes out
      - Plan Efficiently
        
        Just Doing It
        
        Too many choices lead to inactivity (analysis paralysis)
        
        Decrease planning time in order to have more time getting things done by planning things up front
        
        Plan Your Education
        
        College students should have a spreadsheet of graduation plan and regularly update it every quarter, keeps things organized
        
        Sunday Week Plan
        
        Dedicate one day of our week to planning entire week (put it on calender)
        
        Academic tasks: reading, homework, studying, projects
        
        Non-Academic tasks: resume, cover-letter, meetings, FAFSA, gym, groceries, job
        
        Task Context
        
        High thought-intensity work: reading, research, writing, projects, heavy math; requires planned, long, uninterrupted stretches of focused time; entering a flow state
        
        Review performance efficiency in order to optimize for optimum effectiveness
        
        Low thought-intensity work, batch them together
        
        Plan Daily
        
        Can't plan everything on one day, so create a daily plan first thing in the morning or the night before
        
        Prioritize most important tasks and estimate completion time