00:01so as you might know maddie and i have
00:02been working on rev note for a few years
00:04now and one of the most common questions
00:06one of the biggest pain points that we
00:08get from students is
00:10why is active recall and space
00:11repetition not working for me well
00:14actually the most common question is
00:16when is the remnant ios app coming out
00:19but that's a different video
00:21soon but back to the main problem you've
00:23been using active recall in space
00:25repetition for a while now you've been
00:27reviewing the same topics five six seven
00:30times and it's still not clicking your
00:32flash cards are just piling up and your
00:34grades are still the same like what
00:36gives are these really the best study
00:39techniques are mike and maddie just
00:41lying to people or are you just dumb is
00:43it your fault that it's not working well
00:45let me just say you are not the problem
00:47okay don't let anyone tell you otherwise
00:50you got this but there is a very big
00:52problem with active recall and space
00:54repetition and that problem is the hype
00:58hype about these study techniques and
01:00i'll admit that remnant is part of the
01:02problem but more on that later to fully
01:04understand the extent of this problem
01:06let me walk you through the average
01:08journey of a modern student on youtube
01:10youtube is the new wikipedia and as such
01:12many of us nowadays get our knowledge by
01:15consuming youtube videos so here you are
01:17a motivated padawan student just looking
01:20for some study tips that'll help you get
01:22better grades you go on youtube and you
01:24search how do i study better or
01:26something like that and all of a sudden
01:28you get bombarded with endless videos of
01:31all these study influencers talking
01:33about active recall and space repetition
01:36it's as if every single study channel on
01:39youtube has to have that obligatory how
01:41to study with active recall video why is
01:44that well a the youtube algorithm loves
01:47that topic and b the study influencers
01:50just want to get views it's plain and
01:51simple take it from us part of our
01:53marketing strategy at rem note is to
01:55promote active recall and space
01:57repetition because that's what rev notes
01:59all about it's literally a flash card
02:01app with space repetition so now you as
02:04a student get caught up in all this you
02:06see all the hype you buy in you commit
02:08to flash cards thinking that if you just
02:10stick to it you'll be promised the
02:13and that's the problem right there
02:16active recall and space repetition are
02:18really some of the best study techniques
02:19that you can use but you got to realize
02:21that it's not the full picture the mike
02:24and maddie map nicely summarizes our
02:26study philosophy on this channel there
02:28are two steps to learning understanding
02:31and remembering first you got to get the
02:34info into your brain by understanding it
02:36then you retrieve the info from your
02:38brain by remembering it the info goes in
02:40while you're reading or in lecture the
02:42info comes out during the test when you
02:44need to apply it it's pretty simple
02:46right well active recall and space
02:48repetition are the best techniques for
02:50remembering and reinforcing your
02:52knowledge but the problem is many
02:54students put too much emphasis on
02:56remembering and spend no time actually
02:58trying to understand the information you
03:00need to hit both if you rush through the
03:02understanding phase and jump straight to
03:04making flash cards before you understand
03:08then a you're going to have thousands
03:10and thousands of flash cards and b those
03:13flash cards are going to be super low
03:14quality you need to spend more time
03:16understanding the concepts to use an
03:18analogy if you're using rem notes it'd
03:20be like spending all your time reviewing
03:22flashcards and not enough time
03:24understanding the info using tags
03:27references graph view and the hierarchy
03:30now the reverse is also true if you
03:32spend all your time just trying to
03:33understand the concepts you're not going
03:35to remember the details because some
03:38things just need to be memorized for
03:40example in medicine we just have to
03:42memorize the names of all those drugs
03:45and medications you have to memorize
03:47equations or grammar rules or laws and
03:51dates like whatever subject you study
03:53there's always something that you have
03:54to remember so that is the big problem
03:57right there that you're just oversold an
03:58active recall and space repetition being
04:01the god to your saviors of your grades
04:03and you forget that learning is a
04:04process so what is the solution to this
04:07problem well the solution is to follow
04:10the mike and maddie map i know it can be
04:12overwhelming to think about learning how
04:14to learn when you're already drowning in
04:16all this other school work so our goal
04:18with this map is to package everything
04:20we know about studying the strategies
04:22methods and techniques for both phases
04:25of learning and present it to you in a
04:27way that's easy to apply so we'll
04:29definitely be putting out a lot more
04:30videos on each of these individual
04:31topics and we'll also be releasing a
04:34brand new study course on skillshare
04:36version 2.0 in the coming year so be
04:39sure to subscribe and be notified when
04:40they drop and in the spirit of
04:42skillshare our new study course will be
04:44free for you to watch just like all our
04:46other ones if you sign up using one of
04:49so yeah we have a lot of cool stuff on
04:51the roadmap but for those of you who
04:53want answers and solutions right now if
04:56you're still frustrated and you want to
04:57know what you can do today to get back
04:59on track then i'll leave you with three
05:01tips to start the first thing you can do
05:03is improve your flash cards you might be
05:05one of those students who went all in on
05:07space repetition and now you're sitting
05:09on like 5 000 remnant or anki flash
05:12guards and you feel really behind
05:14well it's time to clean up your flash
05:16card game consolidate related cards
05:18eliminate redundant cards and just make
05:20better flash cards overall we've gone
05:22over 10 tips to help you make amazing
05:24flash cards which you can check out
05:26right here or in the description below
05:28the next thing you can do is to improve
05:30the structure of your material you can
05:32start by improving the structure of your
05:33flash cards by making sure that they
05:35have the appropriate tags and links
05:37unlike anki where you're just trying to
05:39memorize tons and tons of standalone
05:41flashcards revnote actually provides you
05:43with a structured hierarchy so you can
05:45actually see how all your flashcards fit
05:47into the big picture you can see the
05:49entire forest instead of getting lost in
05:51the trees but structuring isn't limited
05:53to just flash cards you can see in the
05:55mike and maddie map that structuring is
05:57the general strategy you want to use to
05:58approach understanding information this
06:01means categorizing information mind
06:03mapping borrowing other people's
06:05frameworks whatever it takes for you to
06:07make sense of that information and also
06:09check out our tea tree video here or in
06:11the description if you're looking for an
06:12easy way to learn how to structure and
06:14the third thing you can do is reduce the
06:16amount of times you need to review a
06:18flash card if you're familiar with space
06:20repetition the whole idea is that each
06:22subsequent time you review a topic it
06:24should get easier and easier you should
06:26be able to recall the info quicker you
06:29should be able to space out the amount
06:30of time between reviews but this third
06:32tip i have for you is that you can
06:33actually reduce the amount of times you
06:35need to review something according to
06:37the science of memory the first time you
06:39learn something you tend to forget it
06:40very quickly like within a day but the
06:43next time you review it you reinforced
06:45it so it takes a little longer for you
06:47to forget then the next time you review
06:49it takes even longer to forget the
06:51question i always asked myself was how
06:53many times do i need to review something
06:55for it to get to this stage where it
06:57takes a really long time to forget it
06:59this was the wrong question to ask the
07:01real question is how do i flatten this
07:03curve as soon as possible so that i
07:05don't need to review it multiple times
07:07how do i make it so that right off the
07:08bat it takes a long time to forget
07:11while some students might need to review
07:12a topic three four or five times before
07:15it really sticks i might need only
07:17review it once or twice just by using
07:19this one special technique and if you
07:22want to learn more about this technique
07:23then definitely check out this video
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