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LELeave blurting in 2023 ⤵️
Blurting is a very popular study technique that involves reviewing a piece of content (e.g. from your textbook) and then trying to write down as much information as you can remember.
📚 However, blurting is not a study strategy backed by scientific research.
🚨 WHY BLURTING DOESN’T WORK 🚨
- It targets your short term memory instead of long term memory.
- It promotes shallow encoding rather than deep encoding.
-It is not useful for more conceptual or complex topics.
WHAT TO DO INSTEAD:
1️⃣ You need to focus on strategies that improve your long-term memory rather than short-term memory.
So, don’t try to recall content immediately after you have reviewed it as that is just testing your short-term memory.
2️⃣ Start recalling information (called retrieval practice) BEFORE you review content (instead of after). Here are the steps.
- learn the content.
- wait a day
- then, write down everything you remember on a page
- then review content and the parts you noticed that you didn’t remember well.
3️⃣ Space out your study sessions. Instead of repeatedly ‘blurting’ or reviewing content, space your study sessions out over days and weeks.
Long-term memory strength 📈📈
🌱 Was this information new to you?
If so, you should probably check out my page for more evidence-based study strategies!
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