Reacting to Marty Lobdell’s ‘Learn how to study smart’ lecture.
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=== Timestamps ===
0:00 What are we doing
01:00 Efficiency, resting interval and focusing
07:06 Tips for study space optimization
12:00 Problems with speed reading
13:42 Expertise vs understanding
16:57 Orders of learning
24:19 Study Groups
26:22 Recognition vs Recall
28:14 Silly mistakes and knowledge gaps
29:36 Sleep-dependent memory consolidation
33:25 Knowledge Decay and Pre-study
36:20 Teaching
38:00 Textbooks
39:06 Two techniques to try
42:35 Mnemonics and its limitations
46:36 Tips on using analogies
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