Good afternoon, dear readers!
Everyone who once attended school or university, or other educational institutions, knows how much time it takes to memorize material and prepare for the exam. And most unfortunately, most of your time is wasted because you end up forgetting what you've learned very quickly. "I gave up and forgot. And if it is necessary to learn so that not to forget? If you want to remember for the rest of your life? Or the ability to quickly and effectively remember depends on the increase in the work or the answer to the question - can you find time today for a child or husband (wife), for yourself? All these reflections, as well as the fact that I myself have to pay 3-5 hours a day to study, led me to the idea that it would be good to understand the techniques of memory and preparation for the exam. To be as effective as possible: minimum time, maximum knowledge. Here's what I found out about the best way to remember and prepare for the exam.
Specialists distinguish the external and internal conditions during the preparation for the exams and any work requiring memorization and high concentration. External conditions are everything that surrounds you, as well as the condition of your own body. All this does not seem to be directly involved in the process of learning, but creates conditions for this process. Agree that to teach in silence, behind a workplace where nothing distracts us, when we have slept and feel good, much more effective than in the subway, while you go to work after a sleepless night with a child. That's why all memory researchers say in one voice: first ensure that you have the right conditions to prepare for the exam (for work), and then start learning.
What exactly is included in the provision of these external conditions for preparation for the exam and for better memorization?
Organize time for preparation. Even if you have a small child or an endless rumble at work, you need to decide for yourself - how many hours a day of working time do I have? This can be just an hour in the morning while you're going to work, or a child's dream. But even during this time you can learn a lot if you use this time for the purposes that you have set for yourself. Scheduled training is much more effective than aural training, although aural training is still necessary before the exam. Therefore, if on normal weekdays you need to select "windows", when you can teach, and just before the "deadline" - a couple of weeks (days), when you can fully devote yourself to studying. You can set aside, for example, two weeks before the exam and send everyone at home to a summer house or on vacation. You can hire a nanny for this time or ask your husband to take a vacation. However, these measures may not work if we are used to being distracted from our plan.
Ensure that you have the opportunity to concentrate. Our mind and emotions are a complex system, which is constantly looking for an opportunity to turn somewhere easier and more interesting. So now instead of teaching, I am writing this post :) And yet there is no progress without tension and concentration. If there had been no exams, it seems to me that mankind would not be at the current stage of development. The exams make us do things that are difficult and not always interesting. They discipline us and train the will power. Still, I want to make things easier for myself.
How? Of course, without creating unnecessary temptations. If the time comes to prepare for the exam, you need to turn off your computer, phone and teach. You can go somewhere, fence yourself off from the world for a while, to pass the exam and return to it. It is easier for someone to study in a library, and it is easier for someone to study alone at home. Isolation helps to shield oneself from possible negative emotions, which have a very bad impact on learning. Therefore, personally, in order not to be distracted from the summer preparation for the exam, I decided not to conduct the next three months of training and other large projects on the blog, and just before the exams the children will go with their husbands and his parents to rest at sea without Mel. The best thing to do is to teach alone, and rest from learning - in a circle of people. Yes, I didn't make a mistake - it is necessary to have a rest! And to have a rest is clever.
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