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Studying hacks
JasonJ | Jan 15 2007
I wonder if someone can help me. Does anyone have any good studying hacks? I have two IT self-study certifications that I need to study for and pass within the next three months and need some help. I've dedicated a lot of time and effort into techniques such as MindMapping - even paid the money and bought the software. I find that I need to go away and learn this before I could even start learning the subject material that I need to. This sets me back even more. I don't have a problem devoting the time if its really worth it. Before I spend even more time learning Mindmapping I wondered if I could be looking at some other more useful, quicker to learn techniques. Or even just some reassurance that I'm following the right path. TIA Jason 6 Comments
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 Hi Jason, I have no experience...Submitted by bengoshisan on January 15, 2007 - 11:53am.
Hi Jason, I have no experience with MindMapping software, but I did use mind-mapping as a technique for studying. The point is that you use a pencial and paper (a large sheet of paper, eg. A3 size, but even if it is smaller, use it in landscape form), and you draw as much as possible, and write less. You draw the relations of concepts into a big drawing, basically, like a tree. You draw little pictures, pictograms of ideas. Your mind (well, at least mine) stores visual information better than simple text. And for me the action of processing the material also helped to learn more easily. Another method I used was making detailed notes and then studying the notes only. It takes quite some time to take the notes, but I got the best results this way. And reading the notes is much faster. And one more thing: I was told that if you revise what you had studied within 3 days, you'll remember 90 % of the material. So keep revising. (Oh, and a disclaimer here to: I did not study IT with this method, only law, but I think the only difference would be the practice and exercises you would do with IT.) Good luck! » POSTED IN:
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