Meta Learning Part 2
Meta Learning Part 2
This post is a follow-up to Meta Learning post.
Recently one of my students did not complete her homework, citing “no stamina”. I told her most likely it is due to mental fatigue, as she is using a lot of her mental energy to do the organic questions. This is commonly why some students do very well at the start of the paper but flounder towards the end. To maximize mental energy, i advised her to delegate her daily schedule to a predictable routine.
Why is it important to plan out your schedule during holidays? The main reason is because your daily routines are disrupted and precious mental energy is used for mundane decisions. Like what to study/revise, what to eat, what to wear etc. If you planned your holiday schedule and keep to a daily routine, you would save mental energy for the time that you are actually revising and clarifying concepts.
Next is to optimize the time that you spent studying. Have you observed whether you learn faster very early in the morning or late in the evening? When you learn is just as important as how you learn.
The two most important commodities in studying is time and mental energy. Spending lots of time staring at your notes isn’t going to help if you are not focused. If you are not mentally sharp while revising, what you learnt today will be easily forgotten tomorrow. “Strike while the iron is hot” can be translated to “Study while you are alert”.
Take a step back and study your own physiology and psychology. It might be the secret to a much improved performance 🙂