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So my (very cool) teacher was talking about this in class the other day, made me want to make a post about it.

The image above is adapted from the National Training Lab in Bethel, Maine. It basically shows how much information the average student retains when using certain methods.

Attending a lecture is only 5% and reading the material is only 10%.

Which could be a potential answer imo to why many people spend hours reading stuff and not retain most of it or not do well on tests.

Anything audiovisual increases the percentage of information you’ll likely retain up to 20%, having it demonstrated in front of you gives you 30%. Discussion (which can be done very easily) can make you retain up to 50%, practicing with your own hands means you’ll retain 75% and finally when you teach others you’ll retain a massive 90%.

So how can you implement this into your study routine to retain the most information?

Audiovisual: I think this is very easy, YouTube channels like Khan Academy cover almost everything, so go online, find some videos relevant to whatever you’re studying and watch them.

Demonstration: This is pretty much your teacher’s job, an example here would be anything related to social or hand skills, in my case interviewing and examining patients. At my school before we interview any patient or examine them my teacher does it first and we carefully observe. So whenever someone is demonstrating something pay full attention. And then if possible practice it (possibly with your friends as a role play) because that’ll increase the percentage of information you retained to 75%

Discussion: This is very basic and can be done simply by just reading the material before, preparing questions and engaging in brief discussions with your teacher throughout the lecture. Or if pre reading isn’t your thing just join a study group and discuss everything you’re learning over there.

I’ve already talked about practice briefly with demonstration, it’s pretty self explanatory (especially for OSCEs, for all you medstudents)

Teaching others: You can volunteer to tutor anyone or just take the lead in your study group. All of my teachers swear by this method. Some even suggest explaining to yourself if you can’t find anyone else but I have never tried it. (or force your family/boyfriend or SO to listen, that’s what I do)

STUDYBLR MASTERPOST

STUDY TIPS

Study things in 15 mins by @kantstudies

Study tips from professors by @daisystudies

Studying for History by @universtudy

Revision methods that work by @tangledstudies

Last minute revision tips by @muststudy

Untraditional study tips by @obliviatestudies

STUDY MOTIVATION

Motivation vs Discipline by @tangledstudies

Motivation and discipline by @niqabisinparis

10 things to tell yourself by @sweetpeas-and-appletrees

BULLET JOURNAL

a whole bunch of prompts by @studbylr

everything you need by @bujowsofie

my inspo tag 

MENTAL HEALTH / SELF CARE / BURNOUT

what to do if you fail a class by @jwstudying

dealing with stress in academia by @joyce-grad

dealing with burnout by @eintsein

self care during the school year by @studycation

Studying with mental illness by @tangledstudies

how i destress by @shayshestudies

emotion skills to learn by @surviveschool

UNIVERSITY AND JOBS ETC

cooking as a broke student by @couple-a-hundred-of-em

personal statement do’s and don’ts by @motivastudy

how to answer common interview questions by @adulttalk

things i wish i knew as a freshman by @jwstudying

NOTES INSPO

flashcards w/ cute headings and highlighted info by @planwithmae

pretty notes with lots of colour by @intelliqents

big colourful cards w/ lots of info! by @unistudydiary

study sheet inspo by @studyforwhatmatters

pretty arty mindmap by @the-etranger

mindmap inspo! lot sof inspo and colour-coded by @studysthetics