Quick Learners
Do These 8 Different Things to Pick Up Anything Easily
Inmost parts of the world today, education is seen as a right, not
a privilege. Even if sometimes costly, every individual has, at least in
theory, the possibility of studying anything he or she desires. In response to
this massification of the educational system, the quantity of information has
grown exponentially. Moreover, it has spread and diversified into innumerable
domains, sub-domains and specializations.
Regardless, education is nothing if it does not provide a
certain degree of general knowledge and culture of other fields. In order to
prevent schools and colleges from spawning specialists that are laser-focused
on their field alone, the practice of quick learning has gained increasing
popularity in the last years.
However, tackling and even partly understanding a subject in a
brief time can be extremely demanding. Mixing it with other starkly different
matters of interest only adds more difficulty. As such, a few techniques and
practices have to be adopted and mastered in order to successfully engage in
quick learning.
They are masters of prioritizing
In order to be able to tackle different topics and a large
quantity of information in a short period of time, the ability to
self-organization is key. Quick learners are excellent in setting priorities1 and
achievable objectives for themselves.
To do this successfully and consistently, one needs to play
around his or her own personality and study habits as there are nearly as many
learning styles as there are people. A careful, studied approach to a subject
can save a lot of time and help outline its important parts.
They know how to motivate themselves
Connected to the previous point, benchmarking is the practice of
organizing any task into sub-goals. This breaking down of a titanic assignment
works well as an incentive. Humans are wired to receive a degree of
satisfaction upon completing a task. For that reason, large and time-consuming
activities can seem like an eternity.
Quick learners, however, use benchmarking to keep themselves
motivated and energized throughout the entire time of the project or task. This
keeps productivity at elevated levels and brings about the peace of mind
specific to a job well done.
They are good at asking for help and collaborating
Lots of organized, disciplined and intelligent individuals make
the mistake of relying solely on their own ability to cope with an immense
amount of information. As a result, their data absorption rate is modest and
their comprehension of the studied subject is approximate.
By comparison, quick learners know how to collaborate and ask
the right questions. By doing so, they lower the information load on
themselves, allowing for a better understanding of diverse subjects. Students,
for example, can now access collaborative learning platforms such as Edmodo2, where they
can engage with teachers, take quizzes in order to test their knowledge on
various topics, as well as manage their progress.
They spend time and effort to revise and practice
Human memory is not perfect. As such, what was once thoroughly
understood and memorized may sooner or later fade away. Foreign languages are
the best example of this occurrence. Left unpracticed for a longer period of
time, words and expressions are easily forgotten. Quick learners constantly go
over what they have studied, rewriting or outlining notes in order to keep the
information at least partly fresh.
They learn from every failure
Success, as prized as it is by society, can result in a
weakening of the ability to deal with new and challenging circumstances. In
short, failure can foster adaptability, whereas success is more likely to lead
to overconfidence. Quick learners do not become frustrated and most of all,
they do not give up. Instead, they extract new techniques and methods of
learning from each failure.
They do the right thing in the right place
The importance of the surroundings during learning is evident to
anyone. Focusing requires calm, quiet and a lack of distractions. However,
changing the environment can have a significant impact on one’s ability to
learn in that moment.
As such, regularly switching from the usual dark room to the
park or a library is beneficial and recommended. One trick is to tie a certain
subject of interest to a location. For example, a med student may study
embryology in the library, biochemistry at home and read up on anatomy in the
park.
They rely on hard copies to help them concentrate better
Technology is greatly influencing learning styles. One of the
visible changes is that smartphones, tablets and laptops are gradually pushing
print out of the usual work space or classroom.
Nowadays, students no longer confine themselves for hours on end
in the library to study dusty manuals, nor do they fight for who gets to use
the single copy of a certain work. Instead, information is made readily
available to them online. Papers, studies, reports, syntheses of greater books
are all a click away.
However, when it comes to learning, researchers have found3that about 90%
of students prefer hard copy or print for school work. Similarly, 92% would
choose a printed version when dealing with a longer text. The same percent
report to be able to concentrate better when reading a hard copy.
Significantly, the same study reveals that 85% of American students said that
they find it easier to multi-task when reading on a laptop or tablet.
They choose to believe in themselves when there is any
self-doubt
The traditional view is that to be able to understand and
practice something, you need intelligence, skill, and good learning habits such
as the aforementioned ones. However, according a private internet access
Netflix expert4 he said “it is an underlying sense of
self-efficacy, personal agency and the motivational and behavioral processes to
put these self-beliefs into effect.”
Simply put, educational psychologists have discovered the
complex role that self-doubts, false beliefs, unfortunate self-monitoring and
strategy choice dilemmas play in the cognitive process of learning. To be able
to learn something is thus connected to one’s balance and beliefs about the
self-motivation and self-confidence being prime movers towards success,
something which quick learners have mastered.
By following these 8 techniques to appropriating information,
quick learners are able not only to go over a large quantity of data, but to
also achieve higher levels of comprehension. Their example might be the model
of the future, a time in which information only continues to expand and to
become more and more diversified.
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