After
I have finished this course I found out that my process of learning didn’t work
well because of the following errors that I made : Procrastination ;
rereading , not recalling and not
sleeping enough before exams .
Procrastination is the action of
doing something that you enjoy in place of doing something that you don’t , in
other words putting off the tasks that you don’t like .
Avoiding
to do on time the less enjoyable tasks can change your life in a negative
way, you can start to suffer from stress , depression or other diseases .
Because when you have to do a task that you don’t like in your brain is
activated a zone that is associated with pain.
In
order to avoid procrastination you can use a technique that it is called
,,Pomodoro“ .
This
technique requires you to eliminate all the fun factors and to focus for 25
minutes on the problem you want to solve / on the material you want to learn .
After focusing for 25 minutes you need to reward yourself . The reward will
motivate you to solve unpleasant tasks and will help you get used to solve this
kind of tasks .
Recalling is a process that consists
of trying to explain / present/ resume the material you have to learn after
reading it. This method will not only help you
learn it , but also to understand it. This process takes less time than
rereading over and over the material .
To
enhance this process you can highlight some words / concepts that you find
useful , but not paragraphs , also you can use mnemotechnics.
Sleeping has an important role in
the process of learning and thinking. When you are awake your brain produces
some toxins, which can be eliminated only when you sleep. If you don’t sleep
enough hours per night , the number of toxins will grow and it will be more
difficult for your brain to work at it’s optimum level.
Also
not sleeping the night before the exam and trying to cram as much information
as you can is not a good choice , because your will brain will be too tired to
concentrate on the subjects and your grades will be lower even if you know by
heart the whole material.
Now
I had changed my process of learning by followig these three steps,
and I have to admit that my grades are better than in the past .
