A Look Inside the Process of One of the World’s Most Efficient Studiers
Totally agree that his strategies are the key to mastering material in some types of course - but, it does suggest you have sufficient IQ in the first place to do things like "Learn it the first time, understand associations, etc..."<p>It should be noted, though, that there is a large array of course where pattern association and critical thinking aren't going to help you that much.<p>My Psyc180 Brain and Behavior course was basically identifying and recalling an ungodly number of neuro chemical pathways and elements.  Anatomy 101 (which I did not take) enjoyed a week or three of "Let's learn what the 200+ Human bones are.  Great, now we move onto muscles."  And, I didn't even want to think about what it would be like to subject myself to the ultimate pain that Organic Chemistry is.  I would _love_ to hear of a human being that can get through Organic Chemistry courses without the requisite X hours outside of class per hour of lecture.   (For a 13 week semester consisting of 3 hours/week, that would typically suggest 80-120 hours of studying for the 39 hours of in-class time) - I've seen that course knock out many a pre-med candidate who decided that maybe this wasn't where they wanted to go in life.<p>Even more interesting would be to find a human who could simply cram all that information in the week before the final without having studied outside of class.<p>But - overall, great study suggestions for courses of a particular type.