This the result of an assignment in a class that I am taking on learning. It outlines some new methods to improve learning by students.

1. LEARNING
Or how I learned to learn

2. METHODS OF LEARNING

3. TEN RULES OF GOOD STUDYING
AS USED BY ME.
Use recall
Recall is where you read information,
turn your head and remember key
points from the material that you just
read.
This forms bits of information which
can be enlarged by combining bits of
information, or chunks.
Use of Pneumonic devices and
metaphors aid in the recall of key
points in a given paragraph.
The following example was given to
me by an anatomy professor.
Chopkins=> Carbon, Hydrogen,
Oxygen, Phosphorus, Potassium,
Iodine, Nitrogen and Sulfur.
Test yourself
Ask yourself questions about the
material without looking up the
answer.
Flashcards are your friends. They will
save your behind. The nice thing
about them is that you can take
them with you.
There are many websites that offer
study guides, quiz question and
flashcards that you can print
off.Quizlet.com is just one site.
My experience with flashcards has
been invaluable. With all the theory
and anatomy I have had to learn,
flashcards have worked to keep the
information organized.
During school I can be seen with flash
cards. They are usually ones that I
type up and print myself
Chunk your problems
Chunking is taking those bits of
information that you formed using
recall and linking them together
through meaning or use.
The path to expert is linking these
chunks. Chunking works to make the
brain work efficiently.
Chunking is a process that just
learned about in this class so I am not
sure how to discuss it without
practical experience.
Please take a look at the following
example of chunking I have created.

4. EXAMPLE OF CHUNKING –
INFORMATION PROCESS THEORY
• George Miller(1956) proposed two statements that
had a great impact on Information Process Theory.
• The first statement was that short-term memory can only
hold 5-9 chunks (5, +/-2) or bits of information at a time.
A chunk contains meaning full information.
• The second statement was that memory worked like a
computer. The brain would take information in, process it
so that it can be stored, retrieve it and then create
responses based on the information.
http://istheory.byu.edu/wiki/Informatio
n_processing_theory

5. EXAMPLE OF CHUNKING –
INFORMATION PROCESS THEORY
• Memory has three parts to it.
• Sensory Register– where new information is received.
• Short-Term Memory– where the information that was
received in the sensory register is held until it is decided if
it is going to be stored in the Long-Term Memory or
forgotten.
• Long-Term Memory—where information is stored for
retrieval.
• The decision to store information in long-term memory
depends on whether or not the information is
meaning full, and prior knowledge recall is activated.
http://istheory.byu.edu/wiki/Informatio
n_processing_theory

6. ADDITIONAL NOTES
ON CHUNKING
Focusing your attention with regards to
connecting parts of the brain to tie
ideas together while its an important
part of the focus mode of learning, it
can also help when starting to form
these bits of information.
My personal challenge here is to
focus on the material that I have to
study. One way I have of beating
this problem is to move up the due
date of an assignment. Then the
pressure of having the due date
earlier then what it
So for example This assignment is
listed as being due on the 26th but I
have set the goal of having it done
by the 24th..
Understanding the concept is the
second step in forming a chunk
The one way I have of achieving an understanding of the
material being presented goes back to the recall section of
the Ten Rules. I combine some sort of physical action with
recalling key facts. It usually takes the form of turning my
head away from the material and writing key points down on
paper.
Creating Context Knowing the environment in which the information will be
used also plays a part in retaining information for use at a
later date.
Tony Robbins on Chunking
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-
mcrGveHM4

7. Space your
repetition.
How I have dealt with this is not to
deal with it. Now I have learned a
method called the Pomodoro
method. It applying it I have found
that I am better able to focus on the
material.
Short periods of studying over a
period of several days means the
learning is more effective.
Eventually time spent studying will be
used more effectively.
Alternate
I tend to do concentrated study on
one subject, take a break and work
on another topic.
Like it was stated in the lectures, the
mind is a muscle and it needs to build
up its strength.
Daily exercise, such as studying,
makes the mind work better. As with
physical activity, short sessions are the
best as is varying your exercises.
Take breaks.
When studying if you start getting
stressed and showing signs of
frustration, take a break and do
something else.
When I am getting stressed, my best
thing to do is go for a walk.

8. POMODORO
This method consists of several sessions lasting 25 minutes with 10
minute breaks between them. This allows for concentrated
studying of a subject. You can alternate between multiple
subjects.
This method has worked to improve my study methods already.
What can I say… I started doing this upon learning about it from this
class so the judgment on it is still out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-z5kmVhzU

9. Use explanatory
questioning and
simple analogies
I already translate concepts into
words. My poor mother has to listen to
me talk about what I am learning as I
try to understand.
I take concepts and translate them
into words that a person who is not
knowledgeable about the subject
being study can understand.
Eat your frogs first
Always get the harder subjects done
first then the easier subject will seem
easier and go faster.
Make a mental
contrast

10. SUMMARY OF WHAT I LEARNED
• Having just learned a number of new techniques in this class, I cant say what impact
they will have in the future but I do know that I will put them to work. I had difficulty with
Recall as it was something that I did not having a name for it. The goal for future
learning it implement the learning strategies and see if there is a difference.
• These strategies will help me to succeed in the future

11. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Website links
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/chunking-method-definition-examples-quiz.html
http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~abrams/cognition/Articles/bodie_et_al_06.pdf
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simple-pomodoro%C2%AE/blidjjfbdbkcmegfnidmgndgdamhhelp?hl=en-US