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Wow, most people that creates this type of reacting videos literally just react, but you actually went through each of the video properly and ACTUALLY give a detailed explanation of the pros, cons and how to utilize it better. Thank you so much for this amazing video!
It's the humanity behind Justin's approach that keeps me coming back. The fact that he's concerned about the effects of a simplified method that could lead to pain and suffering for those who find these methods unfulfilling is remarkable and rare to see in the field of learning, especially on the internet, where the myth of meritocracy and innate abilities are so prevalent
@@morninglift1253 From where I'm standing, Justin is criticizing the ones spreading this harmful advice because he doesn't want the learners to suffer. And let's be honest, he does know his stuff. But he is still human, so it is unreasonable to expect him (or anyone else) to know everything about a certain topic.
hey, could you do an in-depth video specifically on problem solving for stuff like physics and math? that'd be really great, especially regarding how you should practice and things like that
I would love that as well. I feel like math is very different from say biology and a lot of techniques still work, but there is a lot to say about the problem-solving side of things or learning proofs without memorization
I do this idk - 1) First see a video of the particular chapter your trying to study or just understand the concept from your teacher. 2) Practice multiple questions on it. I don’t know if you guys get these types of books, but in india we get books which have 200-300 questions per cheaper and if you practice and solve them all then you will probably be really good. So just buy some external book with multiple questions and practice them and buy books which have like 3-4 particular questions that are similar to each other to practice easily. Idk
I am in highschool grade 10 so might not work for you And one more thing that for me in the first questions the questions might seem easy but the further you solve the harder the questions get and in some questions just to solve you might take hour to solve 3 questions. So don’t worry when it happens as it happens to all and once you start solving questions and understand how to then it will become easier.
At the beginning I was like "Blurting isn't a very bad method, why you accusing that" but then actually understood that promising higher results with them is bad. So I actually started watching with "what's this dude saying 😐" mindset & ended it with "yeah, This is truth, What he's saying is true, Gotta follow him 😌" mindset.
I used to write linear notes, I was happy to make my notes at first, but when I was in the middle of the a subject I started to struggle and I couldn't avoid falling asleep at my desk(it was boring and frustrating). The long videos about encoding and cognitive load were crucial in helping me overcome all of that linear notes stuff and save things in my head without them. Waiting for the next video! Thanks so much!
I just want to point out Justin's skill to explain techniques without reusing the same phrases again and again. I watched many of his videos and I never feels repetitive and I always learn something new. I'm not saying it's necessary, but it's a nice touch to make the videos so much more interesting and engaging to watch.
i have come across lot of people who use repetative words , i am not complaining but i think it must be very hard to not repate words unless one has to be cautious or a person uses metaphors a lot thus sucessfully using diff metaphors thus not repeating .. what do u think is the reason he does not repeat things ?
@@yuiitodoro7791 in my mind, the ability to express ideas without reusing the same phrases suggests a true grasp of the concept, which gives a convincing feeling as a viewer that this person is not "a broken record" but rather a thoughtful, educated and articulate individual.
been lowkey so appreciative of this informative guidelines , throughout every deciphering of learning , using this year as a year to equip myself with learning skills as i got rejected for university & only got the offer for next year & honestly bumping into this account was Gods grace , obviously i can’t show luv on every vid but genuinely thank you , your efforts are truly felt ( sending luv from South Africa lol ) 🌟
5:13 this is most important thing I learned from this video. I usually memorize important topics by their definition but by doing this I am not making use of brain's natural inclination towards remembering, processing things in relation to each other. By thinking about how the important topics relate to each other, we get benefits like increased cognitive load by processing info and creating relationships, using relational memory system of brain and also, the definitions of the topics are naturally mastered while creating relationship between several topics...
I've been watching this channel for some time and Justin quite often says that brain does not enjoy working with linear information. I have a problem with this, because I often remember and recall memories and information very sequentially, so thinking about what comes before and/or next helps me recall the information I was looking for. I do understand it's probably personal preference and not everyone works like that, but I'd love to see a video on this topic of linearity.
what justin means is that if you try to learn information presented to you in a textbook, based on the classifications and headings they provided, in a linear manner, from start to end, then it will not make much sense to you, based on the prior knowledge you have. The sequence the author of the textbook learned the subject isnt the same way you do, therefore to follow his thought pattern, that is the information in the textbook linearly is stupid. Thats what justin means when he said that, however the technique you used to recall information is actually one of the techniques he teaches, and falls under higher order learning, because you are categorizing information in a sequential, cause-consequence manner...
@@benkyobenkyo-q9g I know, and I do get his point! 🙂 I've just never been a fan of mind maps tbh, still trying to get around having to make one, I guess. On the other hand, I haven't tried studying using a mind map in a long time, but am willing to change things now. I really want to improve my studying! So let's go for it!
You have a problem with what Justin is saying because he is wrong. Our brain does work linearly. Justin is referring to the fact that a single memory is usually linked to several other memories at once. Nevertheless, most of our memories are learned linearly; there may be branches along that linear path. We actually learn using mental models. The 2 most common is chronological and geographical. We remember things by time in our brain as when we close your eyes and we remember events as they unfold chronologically. We place things by location in our brain as when we close our eyes and we can move around our home. The classifications and headings in a book do work because that's how our brain arranges information. It's the reason why the authors wrote the book in that fashion!
"has this person finished university? Is this just highschool" - shakes head and sighs. I felt that xD Literally studying for a huge engineering exam atm and my notes do NOT look like that. Anyway. Gonna stop procrasting now.
My problem with the first studying “tip” is that it rarely works for subjects that are very content heavy/focused. I study microbiology and biochemistry as part of my degree. To do well you quite literally have to remember everything, as much information of what was provided as you can. Summaries don’t work well because the tests will focus on specific examples provided in lectures rather than general themes. When we end up going through hundreds of pages of work, trying to write it out becomes tedious and takes up more time than I can afford. When everything is a “need to know” there’s not much you can summarize.
Hmmm.... just spitballing, but wouldn't summarizing at least be useful for learning the big picture concept, for which you'll add the details to later?
I've read the book the girl was talking about , Unjaded Jade is her RU-vid handle. I ended up with all A's and B's .. she speaks from experience and knows what shes talking about
Everything you said is soooo accurate, like someone really had to say it on social media and tell people that understanding and mugging up are two different things! Nobody else can explain it better than you ! Also your tedx talk was an eye opener. Love the content you put on this channel !
Before each new school term and school year, I would try to get hold of the new books and materials to be learnt, first step was to have a passive learning exposure to the subject by watching movies, documentaries, audio.. visit a museum ect.., then efficient and effective condensing of the info, role play. I did this with my autistic twins and it helped them have above 65% pass grade in most subjects and be able to be fully upto date and participate during class, maths was much harder for me to do . Speak to your teachers and doctors to make sure your and health,hearing, visual are not the root of your problems.
I also saa this kind of videos and I'm still considering this short videos about tips and tricks for helping me studying. But thank you for reacting this video because it helps me to evaluate the method they are taking and made me look out for another method that made me effectively for studying especially in pharmacy that I'm still struggling for. Thank you.
Sir can you please make a detailed video on encoding like skipping what is encoding rather giving us some actionable step by step with an example . It will be a lott helpful sir . Thank you for your hard work🤗
I admire the way you can deal with this stuff with so much calm Justin. Personally it makes my blood burn seeing all this fake/naive/unethical gurus or infleuncers talking with such nonchalance of something so complex as learning, promising absurd results. It makes me really annoyed because i still know people suffering a lot with the feeling of being a failure/different/inferior (and im often still one of them) due to this type of communication made by irresponsible kids.
I like to use the animedoro technique, this is like the pomodoro one but you work for 40-45minutes and watch an anime episode(15-20 minutes) and after you watched, you start again. It work for me because it is like a reward for myself and maybe because I actually love studying and learning new things. I love listening to music to while I'm studying since it's keep me focused for some reason, and I usually study with "study with me" videos, they keep me motivated. If I don't want to study or anything I like to watch "kdrama study motivations" because they get me motivated.
This video is summarizing a lot of what I think is wrong about the content ecosystem nowadays. Don't get me wrong, it's great that we get to share our knowledge online freely, but finding actual good, relevant, well-researched informational advice by people who know what they are talking about is pretty hard. It's the clickbaity that comes to the top and not gonna lie, I'm a bit burned out by this, both as a consumer and content creator. Also, awesome video ⭐💖! Thanks
51 seconds in, and i'm already amused by your priceless reaction + the suitable animations. omg. 😂 also, regarding the rewards 15:30, i feel so much better on my end intaking greek yogurt, fruit, and granola. i felt sick after seeing the candy.
SIR Thank you so much for taking your time and uploading these YT vids. These videos are like extremly rare gems as a person who don't have enough money to enter to your course. Your videos are so underated which is extremly sad. Plz take care and wishing you a long, happy, healthy life.❤ plz if u can, answer my questions as well. 🥰 (I'm really struggling to make mind maps for text based subjects like History. I don't even know where to start. IK it's hard to give answers to these questions like this, but at least give me a starting point. everything is overwhelming. if u want more context let me know.😢) Questions : How can you make a mind map for a life story? (I want to do this cuz at the moment all the king's and queen's life stories are jumbeled in my head and i want to see clearly what happend to them and compare them with each other. and i also want to see how their life events leads to what they did. but the question is how can i take this into a paper so i can revise again.) How can you reduce the amount of words we use in the mind map specifically for a text based subject? How can you stop making messy mind maps? (cuz for me every event happened in history relates to everything which make the mind map so messy and arrows going everywhere.)
Hi! I am not scientist, but I used to make mind maps for everything, including History. In your place I would probably try to concentrate on main events, actions and figures. So I would choose 1-3 things that are the most important about each royalty. I would also try to group them, like "these worked hard on making economy better, these spent a lot of money on luxuries, weren't good rules and so on". Maybe I would color code it (works great for me). I would probably draw family trees and try to understand how parents infuenced children and so on.
Great indepth analysis as usual coach! I have done a video where you discussed what students should strive to accomplish before a lesson (knowing the lesson topic before hand) during the class and after the class.
Hey Justin! Big fan of yours here and you definetely changed my life and my master's degree, hehe. Let me ask you something: How do you reduce you cognitive load when you are totally lost by the load? I mean, I know about meditation, pause etc, but sometimes I feel like that I should be productive in someway to let the flow goes away you know? What can you say about? I've already watched all of yours videos and maybe you could talk a little more about "flowmodoro" and what to actually do with cognitive load when it's unbereable in another video please!
Explanation very much appreciated, laughed way too hard at the suttle roasting ("in ten years from now you can treat yourself with insulin injections because you've got diabetes" got me de*d). Thank you!
Hey, Justin! I love your work and your channel, since i've discovered it i've learned so much about learning itself... I'm really greateful for it. I'm right now preparing my "examen de grado" which is a sort of BAR exam for lawyers in Chile (not quite but close enough), and I wanted to ask for your advice. You see, the general strategy which most people use for preparing the exam is memorization of the material through repetition and weekly testing. The exam is an oral interrogation on random topics of private and process law and essentially requires the ability to recite definitions and legal dispositions verbatim and some elaboration and "higher order" abilities, to put it mildly. So what would you say is a good strategy and methods for preparing such an exam?
Hey, Justin, I love your work and it has helped me change my study techniques. Can you tell more about procrastination, how it could be changed? For exam, is there any structure to answer the questions students should follow to get good grades?
You’re absolutely right if you fail again doing same method they’re saying is best way you feel more guilty 😢😢 thanks for the information you’re the best
Hey Justin! Thank you for making this vid, you're explimentation is so true! Idk if u can see people in the comments are subscribed to ur channel or not, BUT i actually did subscribe to ur channel in my phone, so if u see here that im not, its bc im using my pc. 🤭 Anyways, i just wanted to ask u if u can make a vid about how u can be better at math, how u can improve ur math or for thos who are struggling in math even if they are practicing it, like it would be ur best vid ever in ur cannel if u make this vid, FR! like how u can reach the level u want in math with short period of time? I rlly do belive that one can be better or even get comfortable at math, but it has to be something to simplify this subject, i dont know if im rlly struggling with this subject, but my grade in math exams is really disapointing, and i already do work for this subject bc im going to have a lot diff lvl in math this year, bc i have to!
I sometimes post study tips for studying pure math on my silly little blog on tumblr and people reblog that stuff like crazy, I wonder in how many ways my tips could be roasted haha
Hi. I found the stuff u teach in this channel so useful for studying Biology and humanities (mean kinda conceptual studies). Could you please explain how should we study engineering subjects? That's what rarely mentioned by people who teach best ways to learn. I'm struggling so much with electrical stuff and haven't found a suitable method yet. Tnx
Witness Dr. Justin Sung get closer and closer to nervous breakdown within 30 minutes. 😂 When the video was like 10 seconds in and first thing he did was go 😫, I knew this would get tough... 😅
like the accent, also i''ve tried learning like its some sort of web and there's layers and blocks and weaving and stuff, and connections. That's why i look at so many books, resources. and its why Google and chat gpt are my main teacher they compile info, divide it up so i can review it later and connect it. I've tried making notes earlier but that did not lead to good results. Now i only make notes to review something i might want to read on the bus or while walking when im in a hurry before an exam. But they're less notes and more mindmaps on small pieces of paper that i can fit in a textbook.
Every topic that we form connections, compare, apply ,and evaluate Where does our imagination take place in role? Please answer it coz am thinking it for more than a year for this! And it getting confusing!!
Hi man, I just wanted to say your video was great and I realised I wasted so much time looking at a lot of these techniques you used so thanks for letting me know. In regards to your webinar I can't attend and have school during those times so can I check them out after it's over? And also can I ask what your thoughts on dopamine detoxing, like basically just deleting all your dopamine and making studying the most enjoyable thing in the day. In particular I looked at a video from How To Control Your Dopamine For Hyper-Focus And Flow State by Rian Doris supposedly he has a phd so I wanted to know what another expert would think.
Won't rewarding yourself everytime you study drain the joy of studying in itself? You would think of studying as a chore and you just want to get it over with so that you can reward yourself with treats or whatever.
Hi there Justin! Im a new subscriber and the person you said were far better than others in blurting is actually called unjaded jade on RU-vid. Her book came out "the only study guide you'll ever need" could u read it and give us a review. I have been binging your videos and its been helping allloootttt my A lwvels start this August wish me luck!
i love how that last dude said "instead of studying badly just study effectively!" and his answer for how to do that was "use a timer!" like... that's not actually a study technique. that's a time management technique that works for some people (doesn't work for me for example). if youre getting an f there is something really wrong with the way you're studying. you're not going to suddenly become an a+ student just because you started taking 5 minute breaks every 25 minutes
Chill bruv, I know how you feel. It’s like how non Tech savvy people telling me, how to do my job, which I’m supporting for years. The same logic can be used, when learning programming, because not everything is relevant or important , relationship needs And yes cringing along for the ride
Around 15:30: yes there is a doctor for studying! A teacher! They never hold themselves accountable for their unsuccessful students but that doesn't change the truth: they are responsible for the studying success of their students
Great video, Im happy for finding you on YT. Can you explain "network" of knowledge in one of future videos, because I really dont know what is it and how to do it. Like how to connect information because for example in topics of physics and biology their information obviously not gonna connect with each other. Can you deeply explain that please in future.
I know this isn’t the solutions for everyone, but I’ve seen a lot of comments asking a video about how to be better at maths. So, smt that worked for me (it might not work for you, but it’s worth giving a try) but stop saying to yourself that you’re bad at maths, because it is, in fact, a difficult subject, but it’s more than possible to understand. In fact, it’s made to be understandable. It’s a psychological trick, because since when you’re young your mates told you they hated maths, on social media you see so many people saying they’re bad at maths, that at some point your brain said “oh, so it’s smt hard and that everyone hates. Let’s hate it too!” And after that you kept saying to yourself that you’re not good at it, so the situation got worst. So please, please, stop telling yourself that your bad at maths, and try this instead (see if it works for you): see what’s the material you’re studying and see where you start not to understand. Then search for what that thing comes from, and take a look at that. If you still don’t understand, do it again, until you have a complete image of what you’re doing. Once you’ve understood where you’re coming from, seeing where you’re going gets way easier. Go back to the roots and relearn them. Hope this helps, love 🫶
Gohar khan got into MIT, HARVARD, STANFORD, nothing is impossible for him. 😂😂😂 (The firs tiktok vidoe is by Gohar Khan). Before watching any of these techniques we must accept our capacity and expect according to that capacity. Even though I blurted I didn't make it to MIT. Most of these shorts are about just cramming and remembering stuff, not about understanding/problem solving.
What are your thoughts on channels like 3Blue1Brown that teach subjects (for 3Blue1Brown specifically that's mathematics) in a completely visual manner with animations?
I think they're really good if you can replay clips in your head afterwards, so you'd just be encoding a bunch of video clips (maybe for example of expandining simpsons rule's interval so you can see how dx looks and approximates over time), and then linking those video clips to build intuition from each process to another. From my experience, it becomes much easier to encode and also much easier to link (take for example zooming in on dx, you can use that technique of zooming in/out and using extreme values to see how something works, like idk taylor expansions). However, its kinda hard to put it's recall onto paper in my experience, the best you can do is a bunch of diagrams sketched so its maybe just good for it to be supplemental to another piece of infomation thats more rigourous so to speak, for mathematics. Almost like checkpoints of intuition for your rigour to be encoded more deeply.
Studies show that visuals are better than purely text, but it can range from person to person. Personally, im a high visual learner and absolutely need a picture to understand text. If not, i try to visualize in my head while i read the text. Math can be "dry" and visuals make it more fun. Think about how you can remember a company's logo, but you can't remember their motto as well as their logo.
@@cooledcannon idk, i have just shared my own experience. I was terrible in literature and poetry until i started drawing some doodles. Biology was also too much to handle until i used some mnemonics of my own and doodling. None of my friends need to draw doodles or even look at diagrams to understand the topic.
What other thinks would you recommend in order to do in breaks when you are studying in the library at university? I usually read a novel o something I am reading for the seek of pleasure. Would you mind suggest another options? Thank you.
All of these learning experts do keep up with research. A major problem is they emphasize them too much. For example, learning experts focus on higher-order learning not realizing that rote repetition is also important. Students are suffering because they aren't getting enough practice.
PLATO - ARISTOTLE - hey Justin - How would you go about studying the "classics" that results in understanding and retention of the consepts - not just to write an essay but for the learning to be deep enough to inform thought throughout life. The language is different... The time is different... The concepts are timeless - so I want to get this right and not be overwhelmed. You rock ❤
One great method is to teach the material to someone. It's VERY effective. Go to your mom and ask her to just be a student for 30 minutes. If you can teach her all the concepts, you will get an A.
How can you achieve what you mention in minute 12:55? I don't understand much English, but I'm doing my best to take a little bit of learning from the videos. If someone could help me, guide me or pass me a video where the Dr makes mention of it, I would appreciate it with all my heart.
Its connecting what you know to something you already know creating a relationship between them and a deeper understanding because you understand how this relates to the other eg. In learning the systems of the body lets say we learn the integumentary system we understand how it works then connect it to the nervous system and how the nervous system and integumentary system work together for bodily functions then add the muscular system which connects with both systems and the form they take them the skeletal system which adds structure and stability to the full body. So when you learn each thing separately and dont make connections you wont understand the bigger picture the huge concept. I In esence the human body is the bigger picture and its systems are what make it up. Thats how i view it hope that was able to help
Sir, can you try to make videos under 10- 15 min because I am unable to get all the content which you are trying to deliver. Because I am preparing for one of the most competitive exam (more than 2.8 million appearing candidates) which requires 8-9 hour of study (with smart techniques) for 2 years to pass this exam (according to my seniors). Sir please consider my gentle request and help me achieve my dream score
