For continuous learning, you will need to use Spaced Repetition
Spaced Repetition is reviewing what you have learned at spaced intervals - just at the point when you might forget it. Spaced repetition is not the same as repeating over and over, it is It can be 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 5-7 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year and so it is a perfect technique for continuous learning. Alter the schedule to what works for you.
You can retain information learned for many years, and it works because it counters the ‘forgetting curve’ which is the loss of information that you have just studied, the sharpest decline occurring in the first twenty minutes after study.
When learning it is a good idea to be proactive and turn the information you want to remember into a set of focal points or simple questions and answers: these are your ‘flash cards’. To identify the questions, ask Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
To memorise numbers or lists you need to add the three numeric system of mnemonics. To recap the 5 mnemic techniques are:
1. The Journey – similar to the Emperor’s Palace but more immediate: a technique you can understand and use immediately. I strongly recommend this together with
2. Linking – link your facts together in a story
3. The 3 Numeric techniques to use for lists:
· The Shape system,
· The Rhyming system
· The Major System: vital if you want to learn long lists or dates as the numerical loci go up to 100 and beyond.Spaced Repetition is reviewing what you have learned at spaced intervals - just at the point when you might forget it. Spaced repetition is not the same as repeating over and over, it is It can be 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 5-7 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year and so it is a perfect technique for continuous learning. Alter the schedule to what works for you.
You can retain information learned for many years, and it works because it counters the ‘forgetting curve’ which is the loss of information that you have just studied, the sharpest decline occurring in the first twenty minutes after study.
When learning it is a good idea to be proactive and turn the information you want to remember into a set of focal points or simple questions and answers: these are your ‘flash cards’. To identify the questions, ask Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
To memorise numbers or lists you need to add the three numeric system of mnemonics. To recap the 5 mnemic techniques are:
1. The Journey – similar to the Emperor’s Palace but more immediate: a technique you can understand and use immediately. I strongly recommend this together with
2. Linking – link your facts together in a story
3. The 3 Numeric techniques to use for lists:
· The Shape system,
· The Rhyming system
· The Major System: vital if you want to learn long lists or dates as the numerical loci go up to 100 and beyond.
