13 Study Tips: The Science of Better Learning

Current Digest Magazine
2 min readAug 9, 2021

Fortunately, there are many active, effective study strategies that are shown to be effective in college classes. Our brain can potentially memorize 2.5 petabytes of information, which is roughly the equivalent of 3 million hours of YouTube videos. In order to use some of that staggering capacity a little more effectively when you learn, here are some tips that are based on widely accepted research by neuroscientists and learning experts.

13 study tips of better learning:

1. Spaced Repetition

To maximise your learning, study short but often. Neuroscientists proved that synapses, the million billion connections in your brain that make you remember and understand stuff, grow mainly at night when you are asleep. This means that it is more productive to study regularly with sleeping breaks in between. Try it! Practice something for 15 minutes every day and you’ll be surprised by your progress within just weeks.

2. Find Your Own Style

While listening to the history teacher, Tom scribbles images and Jane finishes 1 kilo of nuts. Some enjoy watching videos over reading books, others study with friends and some like sitting in silence among a million books. Everybody is different. Read more this article on Current Digest magazine’s website.

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