How to Learn?

[slooroo]

I'm not very smart and don't know much. I also tend to not have the patience to really practice and learn something if I don't learn it fast. What's an efficient way to learn things?

[Kyng]

I've always been a good visual learner... maybe that's why I enjoy educational YouTube videos so much .

It's especially helpful if I can find a channel like Kurzgesagt, that gives brief, non-technical introductions in a manner that's easy for a layperson to understand. Then, if a particular subject interests me, I can find a weightier channel that goes into more depth about that specific subject (like Isaac Arthur for science and futurism, for example ).

[Megan]

I’ve always been more of a visual learner too. Usually if someone shows me something a few times I’m mostly fine with doing it myself.

I can learn like just by reading and listening too but I don’t always catch on as fast there. But depends on what it is I guess.

[slooroo]

I don't know if I'd necessarily say I'm a visual or hands on learner. I also always got easily bored in class so maybe not audio either.

[Kyng]

I don't know if I'd necessarily say I'm a visual or hands on learner. I also always got easily bored in class so maybe not audio either.

Well, if seeing, listening, and doing all fail, I guess there's always the way that guinea pigs learn: by eating !

[Pyrite]

This might be a weird recommendation but hear me out. Whilst I have a good memory and am quite good at learning in an academic sense, whenever I come across a subject I don't enjoy or understand, or something I find a bit complicated, I will often create a song about it to help me remember. Usually it ends up being some kind of parody of an existing song. It worked a treat when I was revising for polymer chemistry exams!

[Kyng]

This might be a weird recommendation but hear me out. Whilst I have a good memory and am quite good at learning in an academic sense, whenever I come across a subject I don't enjoy or understand, or something I find a bit complicated, I will often create a song about it to help me remember. Usually it ends up being some kind of parody of an existing song. It worked a treat when I was revising for polymer chemistry exams!

While that's weird, I do think it's a useful memory aid! A song is certainly going to be more memorable than a simple list of facts .

Sadly, I don't think my songwriting skills are good enough to make much use of it!

[JHG]

Categorization is for dinosaurs and not learning styles so just any means possible.

[Shiny Star]

For me reading and trying not over complicate something with notes helps. Especially reading first time then writing notes or doing a bullet point list.

[Pyrite]

Agreed that bullet point summaries can be really useful. I think it's good to go over a text a few times to properly pick out the key information.

My note-taking style is a bit drawn out really but it is basically starting by copying everything down word for word, then simplifying on the next copy. It helps the important parts sink in.