Learning Efficiency Improves when you Study Smarter

Learning efficiency matters a lot because you will literally spend many years of your life studying. Learning efficiency is a measure of your ability to learn in a given amount of time and effort, so the more you are able to learn with least effort and by spending the least time, the higher your learning efficiency. Let me explain learning efficiency by using a simple example - Student 1 takes two days to learn a topic whereas student 2 takes four days to learn the same topic. Its quite clear that the first student is using his study time more effectively and has a much higher learning efficiency than the second student. In fact, the learning efficiency of the first student is double that of the second student. 

Studying smarter, even by a little bit, can add up to a huge time saving over a life time. Even if you get average or below average marks in your exams now, smart study can help you get better marks in your exams over other talented students who are unwilling to work smart enough to cope with your sincere efforts.

Top ranking students do not just study harder, they study smarter. There are multiple, simple yet powerful smart study methods that you can practise and master to improve your academic performance but cramming (called Rattaa maarna in hindi or rote memorisation in English.) isn't one of them. Just so that everyone knows what I mean by cramming – “cramming means to study something intensively over a short period of time just before an examination.” But don’t get me wrong - Studying right before an exam is a good idea. But studying only right before an exam is not such a good idea.

Cramming is a traditional and not-so-smart method of study and you will quickly begin to forget the material you crammed. Hurriedly jam-packing your brain with lots of information in a day is similar to over-packing a suitcase in a rush— it may hold its load for a while, then almost everything will fall out. While cramming, considerable focused time and effort was spent to study, but this learning will in all probability not be available when you revisit the same information in a higher class or in an exam a few weeks later. Cramming will not help you if you are looking for longer term learning.

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Introduction to Proven Smart Study Methods

Hi I’m Pash and welcome to my Blog: SMARTSTUDY LAB where you will learn about research backed smartest ways to study to understand better and remember more for longer. Here you will learn about proven smarter ways to study, the research behind it and also how you can practice and master these smart study method. In this blog i will share tips, suggestions and proven methods to live a smart life and study smarter. 

By studying smarter you will (a) learn more in less time, (b) remember more for longer (c) score better marks in your exams while studying lesser number of hours and (d) spend more time on your hobbies like playing sports without affecting your studies.I will tell you in detail about research backed smarter ways to study like spaced study, interleaved study, test enhanced learning, retrieval practice, elaborative interrogation and associative learning and many more such simple yet very powerful smart study methods. The good part is that you do not have to practise and master all smarter ways to study in one go. You can start by practicing only a few and once you get comfortable with them then you can add a few more and master them as well. And the best part is that all of this is possible without spending any money.

It does not matter if you are studying for your school or college exams, or entrance exams or you are trying to learn a new language or trying to learn a musical instrument. It does not really matter whether you are 15 years old or 25 years old or 75 years old. The research backed smart study methods that i will share here can be applied to anything that you are trying to learn and at any age. Using these smart study methods, you will be able to use your study time much more efficiently and effectively.

Some of you may already know how to study smarter but many many of you do not. I see it around me all the time - students studying longer and longer hours or teachers and parents telling students to study harder and for longer hours. But after a point, studying more and for longer doesn’t necessarily help improve academic performance. In some cases, longer hours might actually worsen academic performance. After a point, the longer hours of study do not necessarily mean better marks in the exams. If you spend hours and hours studying, without improving your academic performance, then I can help you to study smarter and help you learn better and remember more for longer. The great news is that smart studying can actually be taught but the pity is that no one actually teaches us how. With this blog, now everyone will know the secrets of getting better marks in exams while studying less. I wish someone had explained me these simple yet extremely powerful smart study methods when I was a student. I would have saved thousands of hours of my study time.

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