Evidence of spaced practice abounds. It is simply the best study technique . And so?
How to apply them in studies? I'll show you three ways! The first will be 'How to space the theory'; then 'How to space questions'; and finally 'Which timeline to use at this spacing?
'. Then, about spacing theory. If you go to school or to an online course, you don't have to worry about that.
Because this is done automatically. For example, on a given front, you have two classes a week. And these classes already mean that they are already spacing out this content.
If you study at home, you have to resist the temptation to see the entire module in a day or two. We need to distribute these classes over several days, preferably over several weeks. And sometimes we have to create fronts or merge issues that are not prerequisites.
So, for example, you can merge plane geometry with logarithms. It's really a question of resisting, because it's very easy to be curious to see how this whole thing is going to be, or to mark a feat, or to feel that useless feeling, which only serves the ego, which is "finish the chapter". And that, when you see it massively, in one day, there will be very little retention in the long term.
And the long term, I mean, like, a month later. You won't remember so well anymore, or you'll need a lot of proofreading. So we have to create a way to space out this study, create fronts or intersperse subjects.
And I say that this was difficult for me, that I always wanted to finish this content soon, to have that feeling of "I'm done! ". But then I saw that feeling of "I'm done!
" is what leads to "I forgot! ". So, not good, no!
The second way to review is with questions. So, this is the easiest way, it's the way everyone can do it and the articles show the most, because it's easier for you to organize question spacing than theory spacing. So, in practice, you can space the questions in different ways.
So, I don't want to give you a formula, because there isn't one. So, an idea, for example, if you follow a handout, the first thing is that you don't have to ask all the questions. So, let's say, there are one hundred questions, eighty questions; you don't have to do all that.
So, the idea, for example, you saw a new subject, you better ask, for example, five to ten questions. Five questions if you get the idea. And the sixth question would be more or less similar to the fifth.
Or a little more, up to nine, ten, if you see that there is a lot of variation, you are not understanding that much. Then you go further and ask more questions. But it stops there, stops at ten questions, in this first contact, in this first list.
And then you can make new ones a few days later, the next week or two weeks later. And the ideal is to really space out; no, like, put all, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday and end the list. No!
It's spacing out in a bigger way. This larger spacing will be more suitable for your objective, which is a test several months from now. So, if the entrance exam was in two weeks, then you space it close.
But as the test is in several months, then we need to increase this spacing period. And I already talk about it. And then, there are several students at Sniper who apply this spacing issue, from the Sniper List, in a different way.
So, there's a way for you to space the questions in a question application. You go there, select the subjects you've already seen and do it. Another way is to use your handout or your PDF from the online course and ask those questions.
So, always the idea of having unfinished lists, to-do lists. So, for example, you studied Uniformly Varied Motion and you have that list there. And then, instead of finishing this list the first time, there are always some questions to ask in the future.
And then, then you come back, and then you revise, and it's fresh. So, some students, for example, go there and always make, ah, Kinematics lists, mix them with the Dynamics list and mix them with the Electromag list. And so, always unfinished lists, of the apostille itself.
So, this can be applied both in a PDF handout or in question applications. The important thing is to space and, whenever possible, intersperse. Because, especially for exact sciences, it is also a super, super promising technique.
That is, a technique that increases performance in tests. And the third thing I want to talk about is the periodicity of this spacing. Articles that study this spacing periodicity say that it needs to be calculated in relation to the objective.
So, for example, if the objective is ten months from now and the ideal is to do five revisions, then you will take ten and divide by five and you will revise every two months. It's completely different from what they say out there and that's what we have to remember. So, we have to take the entire preparation time and, in that time, add those revisions or those questions that were missing from the list or the Sniper Lists.
And, for example, if the test was in five months, what would it be like? So you take five, divided by, plus or minus, five revisions. And that will depend on the subject.
Some subjects will need less revision. Three blocks of one-subject questions and you're. .
. That's it. For example, Thermology, a simpler subject.
But if it's a more complicated subject, like Dynamics, then it's possible that it's even more than five. More than five times you need to ask questions about it. So, we need to adapt it for you, for the subject and, mainly, thinking about the test.
So that's why you don't need to review every subject you've seen every week. In the Sniper List it is natural that some subjects are seen, like, once a month, once every three weeks. And that's right.
No problem. Imagine that, every three weeks, you ask a few questions about a subject; that 's what spacing is. And that's why, every time you ask this question, you make a mistake or you have a doubt, go there, solve that doubt, remove the gap, you will memorize it better and you will remember it on the day of the test.
And the idea here, just to make it clear, is not to increase the study time or make it more complicated. So what are we doing? We are reducing the number of questions in this first block that you ask - because normally people ask a lot of questions at once.
So, I did that, like, I did, you know, forty questions, fifty questions. And stay on that there, to finish the list at all costs, which is even about learning, which already has a video here on the channel about it. And then, after a while, you see that you retain almost nothing, very little useful and very stressful.
Because you're left there struggling with the list until it's over. Anyway, instead of us doing that, we'll take that time, which you would make this list, and distribute it over several days. So, in the end, it will be the same amount of study time or, like, very close, for a retention three times greater, four times greater or, at least, twice as much.
So that's the idea for today and if you want to know more about memorization, how it works, how to further improve your preparation, take a look at Question Sniper. Including, you can come in and ask questions with us and mentorships on Zoom twice a week. So that's it, thanks so much for watching!
Good studies out there! And always keep going after your dreams, the world needs the skill that only you have! See you in the next video, bye!
