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Learn How To Actually Study Before It’s Too Late (The Correct way to study) | Simply, easy | YouTubeToText
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Most students waste significant time studying inefficiently by relying on passive methods like rereading and cramming. Effective learning requires active engagement, consistent practice, and strategic review to maximize retention and long-term understanding.
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stop studying you are wasting your time
if you're studying the way most students
do you're probably wasting 80% of your
time and you don't even realize it ever
spent hours cramming only to forget
everything in the exam most students
learn how to study the right way too
late but by the time you finish this
video you'll know how to study
effectively and save yourself years of
frustration imagine you're trying to
fill a bucket with water but there are
holes everywhere no matter how much you
pour in most of it leaks out frustrating
right well that's exactly what most
students do when they study they spend
hours trying to absorb information but
their brains don't retain much of it and
the worst part they don't even realize
it's happening now let's talk about the
biggest mistakes that are making your
study sessions almost useless mistake
one highlighting and rereading most
students think highlighting their
textbooks and rereading notes will help
them remember the material but here's
the shocking truth studies show that
rereading has a retention rate of only
10% that means if you reread a chapter
today by next week you'll forget 90% of
it it feels productive because your
brain recognizes the words on the page
but recognition is not the same as
understanding or memorization think
about it if you keep watching the same
movie over and over does that make you
an expert on film making no you're just
getting familiar with the story and
that's exactly what happens with passive
rereading mistake two cramming last
minute let's be real we've all crammed
for a test at some point staying up all
night drinking way too much coffee and
stuffing information into our brains
like it's a suit suitcase we're sitting
on just to close but cramming doesn't
work long term sure you might remember
some of it for the test tomorrow but
within a few days most of that
information is gone poof here's why your
brain treats crammed information like
junk mail it throws it away because it
knows you don't really need it you're
just forcing it in without giving your
brain a reason to hold on to it and if
you think well I only need to remember
it for the test here's a hard truth the
students who actually Master the
material will always outperform you in
the long run whether it's in class in college
college
or in their careers mistake three
studying passively another massive
mistake studying passively meaning you
just read watch or listen without
actually doing anything with the
information imagine you want to learn
how to swim would you read a book about
swimming and then jump into a pool
expecting to be an expert of course not
you drown yet when it comes to studying
most students do exactly that they read
the textbook watch a lecture and assume
they've learned the material but unless
you engage with the information by
testing yourself teaching it to someone
else or practicing it won't stick now
that you know these mistakes how do you
actually study the right way that brings
us to the game-changing shift here's the
truth studying isn't about how much time
you spend it's about how much you retain
some students study for 3 hours and
forget everything the next day others
study for 1 hour and remember most of it
for life the difference how they study
most people treat studying like Mindless
repetition but real learning happens
when your brain is actively challenged
when it struggles when it makes
connections and when it retrieves
information on its own this is where
retention greater than consumption
instead of mindlessly consuming
information you need to focus on
retaining it in a way that actually
sticks the learning pyramid the key to
studying smarter let me show you
something called The Learning pyramid
this one simple concept can change the
way you study Forever at the bottom of
the pyramid we have reading this has a
retention rate of only 10% meaning if
you just read your textbook you're
forgetting 90% % of it next we have
lectures when you sit in class and
listen to a teacher talk you retain
about 20% now let's go higher watching
demonstrations that's about 30%
retention but here's where it gets
powerful when you actively engage with
the information retention skyrockets
practicing a concept that's 75%
retention teaching it to someone else
90% retention that means if you truly
want to remember what you study you need
to stop just reading and start actively
recalling teaching and applying the
information and that's exactly what
we're about to break down step by step
step one active recall and testing if
you want to remember more in half the
time you need a strategy called active
recall active recall forces your brain
to lift the weight instead of passively
taking in information you pull it out
from memory which is what makes it stick
and the best way to do this two
science-backed techniques strategy one
the Fineman technique if you can't
explain something in simple terms you
don't understand it pick a concept and
try to teach teach it to a 5-year-old if
you struggle go back and relearn the
parts you got stuck on this shows you
exactly where the gaps in your knowledge
are refine your explanation until it's
crystal clear this works because
teaching forces your brain to organize
information making it easier to recall
later strategy two past papers and
self-quizzing here's a fact the top
students don't study more they test
themselves more instead of rereading
they actively quiz themselves using
flashcards past exam papers or self-made
quizzes a real World case study showed
that students who quizzed themselves
before studying scored 50% higher on
exams than those who just read their
notes step two spaced repetition and the
forgetting curve did you know that you
forget 50% of what you learn within an
hour this is called the forgetting curve
and it explains why cramming fails your
brain is wired to forget things it
doesn't use but here's the good news you
can hack your memory to remember more
with less effort instead of trying to
memorize everything in one sitting
spread it out over time how do use space
repetition in three steps day one learn
the material day three quick review
approximately 10 minutes day seven self
test without notes step three how to
make studying a daily habit the real
challenge sticking to a study routine
most people struggle because they
procrastinate they get overwhelmed they
burn out so let's fix that with three
simple habit hacks hack one the
two-minute rule this is a psychological
trick that stops procrastination instead
of telling yourself I have to study for
an hour tell yourself I'll just read one
page or I'll just do one flash card once
you start your brain shifts into might
as well keep going mode hack two habit
stacking attach studying to a routine
you already do after brushing your teeth
review one flash card after breakfast do
a 5-minute quiz after dinner summarize
one Concept in your own words by linking
it to an existing habit it becomes
automatic just like brushing your teeth
hack three avoid burnout with the
Pomodoro Technique if studying feels
like a marathon your brain will resist
instead use the Pomodoro Technique 25
minutes of deep focus 5minute break
repeat four times then take a longer
break now here's the hard truth even the
best study techniques won't help you if
you don't use them consistently most
students cram for hours the night before
and wonder why they forget everything
but the real secret small daily effort
beats last minute Panic every single
time if this helped hit like And
subscribe so you never miss a
gamechanging tip good luck with your
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