Method of systematic revision: --
Research shows that we forget 82% of all that we learn within 24 hours! We will discuss below how you can prevent this loss by using the method of systematic revision. Systematic revision is an extremely powerful scientific method for transferring information from the short term memory to long term memory. The student who does not use systematic revision method is in fact wasting the time he has already spent on learning something.
The Systematic revision method: -- Let's say one takes two hours to learn a particular topic by heart. When should one revise it? Scientifically speaking the first revision should be done after twenty four hours. On an average the brain is able to retain the newly learnt information up to 80-100% for only twenty four hours. Forgetting cycle becomes faster as soon as twenty four hours of the learning are over.
Once revised after twenty four hours, the brain is able to hold it for approximately seven days, then the forgotten cycle once again becomes faster. So the next revision should be done after seven days.
Surprisingly, if you revise at these two periods that is first after twenty four hours and the next after seven days, your revision time will be just 10% of the total learning time.{ Just 12 minutes would be then taken for revision}
This method will give you a great advantage. But you may be wondering " How can you spend so much time revising". So try to implement the following techniques: --
- The first technique is reading faster
- .The second technique is that you revise quickly. Spend just 25 seconds on one page.
- Third technique is to write notes in special types, called MIND MAPS. I will talk about this technique in some other blog.
- Make flash cards and revise them as and when you get time.
We must accept the fact " The strongest memory is not as good as the weakest link". Unless we revise, it has no value.
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