HACKER Q&A
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Any Interesting Study Hacks?


Hi guys,

The good study hack I have come across the yields deterministic results is the use of space repetition for memorising items. It's is way more effective than middles practice routine practise/revision.

I think the only others I know is about the best way to learn a new programming language/technology or technology.

Which is stay away from videos, restrict yourself to written content. And build something you you find interesting. I heard it also works for learning a real language (you want to learn Spanish, date a native Spanish speaker and try to exclusively communicate with them in Spanish, it's also how kids learn new languages). It's way more effective than sitting in a Spanish class our using some app.

What other study hacks do you know of that outperform traditional methods of study or teaching?

  👤 Quinzel Accepted Answer ✓
My learning hack is probably specific to me and maybe wouldn’t be helpful to others but it is to time my study so it happens just after sleeping when I first wake up, straight after exercise, and just before bed time. I find first thing in the morning I am more alert and this is the easiest time for me to learn new concepts and ideas. After exercise is a good time for me to do revision or work on assignments as my body is more physically exhausted so I’m less restless and fidgety. And then just before bedtime I often work on assignments, or do revision for things such as exams. I find if I sleep after studying I can often find myself dreaming about the content which seems to help me remember things. This seems to be especially effective for me before exams because the exam stress usually means I keep repetitively thinking about concepts on a loop, even in my sleep. I have a tendency to do more lucid dreaming when I’m stressed for exams, and I choose to lucid dream about my study stuff.
👤 sargstuff
Pre-hack of learning computer science / computer science engineering through acoustic reflection tomography[1] of animal tract hairballs. aka minimize gut resources for optimal brain resource usage.

Haptics vest for gaming bit easier to aquire. -- aka feel the sound

[1] : https://scitechdaily.com/mits-wearable-ultrasound-sticker-mo...

👤 hilux
> Which is stay away from videos, restrict yourself to written content.

I think this is very individual-dependent.

E.g. only recently I've realized that I absorb audio content much better than text (or video, for that matter). So the "hack" for me is to try to get the content in audio form.

Feynman also talks about this in one of his books - whatever the Education researchers say, some people are more visual, some more aural, and maybe there are other ways as well.