5 strategies to learn better

You already have a good idea of how best to learn? We show you five strategies that will make you learn faster and smarter.

Talk to yourself!


You do not have to talk loudly with yourself, so you might get funny looks at you. But the technique of "self-explaining" is a successful strategy to eliminate ambiguities and focus more on the problem. During the course, you will be asked questions, "How can I solve this math problem the fastest?" Or "Which formula do I have to apply for it?". Afterwards you will guide yourself step by step through the solution and explain why this is the best way to answer this question correctly. In the beginning, you can really talk with you. The more practiced you are, the more quiet and intuitive this strategy will accompany you in learning.

What does it bring? By self-explaining, you learn to properly process information and to link it with your past knowledge. If you encounter a stumbling block or can not answer a question yourself, you know exactly what you have to repeat.

Have a break!

When you sit on your desk chair for hours, you paralyze your brain. The silence encourages boredom, lethargy and the inner urge to be distracted. Use the Pomodoro technique, Eg with the website "Tomato-Timer", in order to learn in units. You concentrate on a learning unit for 25 minutes and then take a break for five minutes. Then it continues for 25 minutes. During the break you get up and move around the room or go to the door or the balcony. Your blood is in motion by walking around and can transport the oxygen better through your body and to the brain.

What does it bring? If you regularly take a break while learning, your brain can better handle the new information. Through some movement during the interruption, you provide for a better oxygen supply in the brain. This increases your concentration for the next learning unit.

Do it yourself!

In order to prepare you for a test, a class work or a test, you should become a teacher. Consider possible questions about the topic. Formulate the answers. Now you can write both on a card, the question being written on one side and the answer to the back of the card. For example, Eg on the road. To help you memorize the image of the answer card and make it easier to check in the exam, you can work with colored pencils and markers.

What does it bring? By doing your own exam questions, you are not only learning the answers to questions, but also learning how to think of your teacher. When you pass the exam questions in real-time, you'll master your tests and class work with a sure feeling.

Make a plan!

You should prepare a well-organized learning plan not only for the exam preparation. Also in the normal learning day, you should plan to schedule, repeat the homework and the group exercises during the week. To-do lists help you keep track. Plan the times generously, For example in the homework booklet, so you do not get into a sweat, you should need longer than thought.
What does it bring? Thanks to a regular learning plan, you avoid being stressed in learning-intensive times. You always have an eye on when you want to do something. A plan helps you to go easy to learn.

Explain it to someone else!

In order to achieve the greatest learning success, you should tell someone else about your subject. Ideally, it is a classmate or a classmate, who asks you questions and with which you can exchange on the topic. Divide yourself so that each person teaches something to the others. This strengthens your memory and you connect a positive feeling with this teaching subject. This will increase your success in the exam.
What does it bring? In science, this is called the "protégé effect". You tend to prepare a topic in advance, structure it and focus on it if you know you want to explain it to someone else. You are more motivated than if you are learning alone and you can check your own understanding.

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