Your Grades Will Thank You For This Study-Technique
Pomodoro Technique
Feynman Technique
Blurting
How many countless techniques do we as students come across on a daily basis? How many times do we click on a video on YouTube, watch it to the end, and still know nothing about how to study a certain topic more efficiently?
There are two main reasons as to why we bang our head against the desk in an irritated manner because “The technique doesn’t work”.
- There is no one size (Better said one technique) fits all
- One technique, no matter how commendable it may be, can never completely change your grades.
Now that you have swallowed these two very hard pills, allow me to shed some light on the situation at hand. There is one study technique, that works such miracles on my grades and makes all of my professors bat an eye at my exams. It is so undisclosed, that the majority of people completely miss out on it or aren't aware of its existence. The people that do know of its miracles, gate keep it.
But I shall hide it no longer. It is called Memory Hooking.
Pretty much self-explanatory, but I will give you 2 examples of it in action.
For instance, when you study synapses and neurology, there is a term called Intracellular, which is used for describing the activity within the cell. Now in neurology, there is the electrical and chemical excitation conduction. The electrical one occurs within the cell. Pretty simple?
But how do I remember that for the rest of my life (or until the exam is over) ? This is where memory hooking comes in. Intracellular and Electrical have something in common… Intracellular and Electrical. They both share this tr. Now, obviously there are more logical ways of remembering this, but this is simple, understandable and most importantly, long-lasting.
Another example is this one: 60 % of our body’s glucose goes to our brain. Since I study in a German-speaking country, sixty is called sechzig. A memory hook between Glucose and sechzig is the fact that both share a c within the first half of the word.
These examples may not be the best, but you get the point. You can literally create memory links between anything in any subject, you just need to practice and get used to utilizing the information you already have to learn things that are based off of that particular information.
In short, memory hooks are a great way for saving time and brain cells when you’re cramping for an exam!
