How to Study Effectively WITHOUT Flash Cards (Anki, Quizlet + more)

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:29 Limitations of Flashcards
03:35 Three Steps to Take
03:51 STEP 1
05:03 STEP 2
05:54 Examples of Isolated information
07:18 STEP 3
07:35 What is Interleaving?07:56 Why is Interleaving important?
08:55 How to use Interleaving?09:29 Types of Knowledge
12:14 Orders of Retrieval
15:47 Combinations of Types and Orders of Knowledge
18:24 Challenge Questions
21:40 RECAP
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Have you ever found yourself creating THOUSANDS of flashcards to cram for your next exam? If so, you probably know that relying solely on flashcards is not a feasible approach to ensure you're adequately prepared - if you’re using flashcards to try and UNDERSTAND information, then I’m sorry to say, there will also be limitations.
You’re learning information in isolation and you’re not looking at how information comes together to form a bigger picture. Nowadays exams arent just testing understanding. Instead, they’re testing your ability to apply, analyse and evaluate, also known as the higher orders of thinking skills required for higher-order learning.
Because of the lower-order nature of flashcards as a technique, your brain doesn’t hold onto information very well so your brain doesn’t see it as very relevant to hold on to, and when information isn’t made RELEVANT, your brain will not bother dedicating the extra energy to remember that information in the future. This means you will end up forgetting that information more easily!
By adopting our approach, which involves Relational prioritised learning, only using flashcards for isolated facts and Interleaving, you can efficiently grasp the content on your initial encounter with it.
Are you ready? Let’s get into it!
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@icanstudystudent 4 ай бұрын

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@clashguideswithdusk7487 9 ай бұрын

Studying for a post grad exam here. The problem has never been "unable to recall", it has always been the infinite depth and boundless curriculum, and because of that, the lower order questions are way harder than higher order questions

@akioasakura3624 9 ай бұрын

Real

@user-ci2tq4tz6d 8 ай бұрын

Most of undergrad is remembering not understanding the coursework. The dilemma is that we aren’t rewarded for competency where reward on our ability to memorize the literature and perform on exams. So student will use flash cards as the main study aide when it should be a supplement because flash cards aren’t for conceptualizing the work it’s to memorize pieces of information.

@ayanbhattacharjee1076 5 ай бұрын

You can only remember the lower ones when you master the higher level ones.

@shurakakato 8 ай бұрын

I am a lawyer in Brazil and I am studying to become a judge. The information you provided in the video was decisive in radically changing my study plan. Thank you so much for this video!

@Studies-bd5rx 7 ай бұрын

Boa sorte nos seus estudos.

@cleber7081 7 ай бұрын

me explica aí, estudo p/ concursos e o que me chamou atenção dele dizer sobre o anki ser velho.

@shurakakato 7 ай бұрын

@@Studies-bd5rx valeu!!! Boa sorte nos seus!

@ayanbhattacharjee1076 5 ай бұрын

Samba

@kleyyer 3 ай бұрын

Boa sorte na jornada, eu to estudando pra tribunais ainda e planejando minha escada.

@terminallucidity 9 ай бұрын

Weekly ICS member meetup here:

@alexzhou6873 9 ай бұрын

Hey I'm not in the course but I was just wondering how different the approach of the learning techniques is in the course and If it is much different than these videos Justin and his team are publishing nowadays

@terminallucidity 9 ай бұрын

@@alexzhou6873 it is not different to what is in the course, though at the same time its for the general public because the advanced techniques would be almost impossible for most people

@mintchocchip1066 8 ай бұрын

@@alexzhou6873 i hear the videos are more in depth

@amrapalidixit399 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. I have discovered the interleaving concept on my own while studying and you just validated that I am headed in the right direction.

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

All the best for your learning journey!

@kenrickmendonsa219 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Archer and the team!! Y'all definitely a God sent❤

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@Daniel_ParkDNA 9 ай бұрын

WOW 😲! Thank you for explaining AND giving examples!

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support!

@leonardoandresvetencourtp3869 8 ай бұрын

You guys are truly lifesavers, love your work, keep it going🎉 ❤

@theintel5694 9 ай бұрын

I really love the pdf guideline thats included in each video!!!! Love the videos!!!!!

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Please let us know if there is something else you would like to see on the PDFs

@theintel5694 9 ай бұрын

@@icanstudystudent actually, I'm curious to know if when doing a mindmap you should use an arrow if it means that something leads to something and if you should use a line when it means that something is a part of something. Also, I'm actually curious as to what are Justin's and the rest of his team favorite uses of lines and arrows to represent concepts that are not subject specific such as an inverse relation, determinant of, characteristics, dependent, independent, correlated, etc ...

@ago255 9 ай бұрын

@icanstudystudent please do another mindmap video with complete real examples from scratch and what kind of subjects are appropriate for mindmapping. Thank you. For poor learners who subvocalize every single sentence and reread multiple times in order to grasp the concept, what are the first steps to change my learning strategy? Can you link to any relevant video(s)? Thank you for what you do.

@Chinekeh 9 ай бұрын

Another 🔥🔥🔥 post. It makes sense. It is practical. Best info you guys have produced,

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Haha another 🔥 comment! Thank you again

@tunomi 8 ай бұрын

Well done ❤ I never thought about studying to this depth and it makes it easy to separate how to study for each subject !

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was helpful!

@onkara4363 9 ай бұрын

One of the best videos on this channel till date❤ *Reminder for me to make a mind map of this video....*

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Nice one! This is your reminder

@onkara4363 8 ай бұрын

@@icanstudystudent ❤️😊

@helenelane2854 7 ай бұрын

thank you for the examples of what type of information we should specifically be looking out for 5:50

@victorgold571 9 ай бұрын

I love this guy and the content 😊

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

thank you for your kind words! Appreciate it

@icanstudystudent 7 ай бұрын

Check out our FREE CHECKLIST! It summarises the steps we encourage you to take to boost learning with better flashcarding linktr.ee/icanstudy.studentyoutube

@alfred5930 9 ай бұрын

I think this will be one of the most important study techniques video in the yt

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment

@akioasakura3624 9 ай бұрын

Amen. Thank u for everything 🙏🙏 u guys rock

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support!

@floweyy07 9 ай бұрын

Another great video let's gooooooooo❤

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

thanks heaps! see you next time :)

@jason2b29 9 ай бұрын

More mindmap video please, I am still struggle to create my mind map

@salmakhaled8888 9 ай бұрын

Hi I have started using relational prioritized learning and i know I am still not really good at it but i still keep forgetting the knowledge relatively quickly Please help THANK YOU

@denzelsdoonievan1191 8 ай бұрын

I have found your videos extremely useful, but what should be done when studying if most if not all of your content necessary for exams was already learnt in a linear fashion? Should one go back and use relational thinking for each topic, discarding the previous notes and flashcards made?

@IAMCHIDERA 9 ай бұрын

I love this method so much. I call it white boarding though. I stopped doing it for like a year and tried Anki and my scores suffered. I'm just going back to it now, so I'm excited again.

@carat_universefactory Ай бұрын

may i ask how? how is it different from using FC? thanks in advance!

@IAMCHIDERA Ай бұрын

@@carat_universefactory FC?

@periteu 8 ай бұрын

Thanks to anki i memorize all the names of countries and dependencies; and their capitals. 1:50, With anki, you can memorize that list of the taxonomy and with brain and paper, you can comprehend that list. I think its important the two parts. Memorizing something helps a lot because it helps to have the terms in the tip of your tongue and being in your conscious mind for thinking about those terms or applying it to solving a problem. 5:20, interesting because the method i use to memorize all the names of countries and stuff was with cloze overlapping,, which make a kind of relationship between them. I memorize countries by regions. When i try first by individualize basic cards, i couldn't remember them. What is "Relational prioritized learning"?

@raquelv29 9 ай бұрын

Excelent video!!

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

thank you!

@Taalkundige 9 ай бұрын

¡Excelente!

@user-cm5od1bf9v 9 ай бұрын

I watched the other videos of this channel. My grades went significantly higher using these methods. Thank you so much.

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching our other videos too! See you next week for another one

@wesjturnerturner2161 9 ай бұрын

The only time I ever made flash cards in all seriousness, I forgot about them and never touched them. Even though it took hours to finish them.

@v3loc1ty16 9 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@johnvillanueva1008 9 ай бұрын

Me too! All this years ive never really used them and I think its just takes time to make them

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Hope the video has helped!

@Futureisinourhand123 9 ай бұрын

You are the best couch ❤️ 🎉..... ever

@arushverma2919 9 ай бұрын

much more effective as a chair imo

@Angelsworld777 7 ай бұрын

I find it amusing that I'm looking for an efficient way to make short notes for my National Level competitive exam (Ph.D equivalent)and Bloom's Taxonomy is one of the most expected questions. Thanks a lot. Cheers from Mumbai.

@icanstudystudent 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. All the best for your exams

@user-ok5bh2do6c 8 ай бұрын

In my exams, we are allowed formulae/data sheets. Could that mean that the amount of content I could learn through a relational priority be even *greater* than 90%?

@artificialneuron 9 ай бұрын

Exremely underrated channel, keep it up please!

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

Thanks heaps! See you again

@kenia6969 8 ай бұрын

What is the name of the video that you recomend? I can’t find it

@kamranmoazzamansari7289 2 ай бұрын

Finally someone said it, a wholesome perspective.

@manimainirealtor 4 ай бұрын

Please give me link for relational priority learning

@Pyramidalist 3 ай бұрын

Nice video about learning. I have some details to add: 1. FlashCards are a kind of powerlearning priorizing unknown content for extended iterations. 2. FlashCards generating by hand is a first step for integration of knowledge if used correctly categorizing content according visual symbolism on all 6 sides of every card 3. Beyond your nice description of concepts there is a technic using nearly complete anti-sequential learning ... but this needs a skill of "reverse learning" - means a teacher has to build these items as a complete picture deviding it into parts for each main category (you say "chunk") of learning and one for their integration ... its a symboling far beyond MindMaping ... quasi a meta-brain-forming (resulting from neuroplasticity). This technic is simultaniously top-down and bottom up and even sideways not letting isolated knowledge exist for long ... I hope transferred my thoughts not too abstract ...

@stoneheart9331 9 ай бұрын

This is awesome, it complements perfeclty the ICs explanation from the course. Thank you so much!

@MrVevo73 9 ай бұрын

Ngl I wish all the course videos are more condensed like this one.

@janechapman7801 9 ай бұрын

Never used them but how you read or listen to or look at a diagram anything without your brain relating it to other stuff still baffles me

@anonymous0570 4 ай бұрын

If I make a relational prioritized note taking to map all the connections between each concept and understand "the flow" of the topic, where am I going to put its explanations and justifications? I ask this because if I insert all the explanations of each concept that goes in the mind map, then it would become huge and massy. So my question is, where do I put the actual explanation of each concept? Do I put it in the mind map, even if that turns massy and too crowded of information, or do I put in flashcards as a question? How do I make the revisions, I simply reread the mind map, or I do this, by testing myself trying to recreate the mind map?

@raojames2 8 ай бұрын

That's why I love Supermemo so much

@heinrichvankradenburg7569 9 ай бұрын

Archer i tried higher order learning for a year now,but my marks started to decrease.What am i doing wrong?

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

Hey @heinrichvankradenburg7569, when it comes to using higher-order learning and you claim marks are decreasing, it's important for you to reflect. 1. Are you truly doing higher order learning and engaging in the correct processes? Most of the times especially if you're new to higher-order learning, you won't be doing it entirely correctly. 2. Are you still doing the relevant revision you need for your exams? Sometimes students forget about all of the lower order learning they still need to do, therefore lose marks when it requires lower order retrieval. I would recommend you to join our Discord community so you can further explore your process and what you can improve. discord.gg/icanstudy

@louaylb534 9 ай бұрын

Thanx ICS

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

thank you for watching :)

@fireonyou4503 9 ай бұрын

i use flash card for remembering precise facts (drug dose, criteria etc)

@MojoPapiFPV Ай бұрын

What is that sketching app you guys always show in your thumbnails but never talk about?

@pakhi3053 9 ай бұрын

Ur methods helped me increase my score (about 100 marks) and even 100% in botany Tysm ❤❤❤❤❤ This vdo is veryyyy much important and usefull ❤ This content for free is awesome🎉 Tysm team icanstudy ❤

@phanikatam4048 9 ай бұрын

please explain me how? i understand information well but not knowing how to organise information and recall i used to first understand information and organise it , try to teach it to someone and spaced revision please eloborate your way please ? do you convert words to images ?

@pakhi3053 9 ай бұрын

@@phanikatam4048 well let me tell u the whole process 1 I took 3 days completing the ch as main task cognitively 2 I practiced so many ques 2× 3× and continued revision 3 in last 3 days I took a test of about 100 ques and made flashcards for all 10-15 ques I got wrong and focused the topic they were from 4 on exam morning I reviewed those flashcards And ace my exam 180/180 😤❤‍🔥❤‍🔥 Well I followed this for botany and chem and kinda ignored phy(115 )and zoo(150 ) and was not scoring that good but I got a correct method of doing things.. Also my chem is so weak and last I had scored 64!! Only but this time 140...... Tysm ARCHER AND JUSTIN ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

@icanstudystudent 9 ай бұрын

That’s incredible! Well done and congrats

@phanikatam4048 9 ай бұрын

@@icanstudystudent i understand blooms taxonomy but is it for enter topic or just sub topic and words too like when word metadata ( there is lot of relations to it analyse ,apply , evaluate etc ) First we understand things well by using perior knowledge , mental images , association while understanding , later we use relation to recall information better , entire topic is completed ,you understand it and recall it well .now read few more topic and compare it analysis etc right ??

@pakhi3053 9 ай бұрын

@@icanstudystudent tysm for help 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

@waltglass7055 9 ай бұрын

What's the name of the app your using to draw notes

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

Hey @waltglass7055 , the app we used is called "Concepts" available on iOS and Android.

@waltglass7055 8 ай бұрын

@@icanstudystudent you alright. I don't care what nobody says about you. You alright with me

@fuglytard1293 9 ай бұрын

Anki is king. Archer just doesn't want you to use it because there will be no point in watching any of his videos if you do.

@tullochgorum6323 8 ай бұрын

You seem to understand the nature of history! It's about argumentation - the ability to use facts and events to demonstrate higher level understanding of causes and effects. In just the same way as, say, an engineer will have to use learned equations and procedures to solve an unfamiliar problem, a historian will have to marshal their knowledge of the period in new and creative ways to answer unfamiliar questions.

@madeogunn 9 ай бұрын

Bro lied, he still is using flashcards

@TheInternetFan 2 ай бұрын

Dr. Justin Sung did a video on this topic. the point is to not drown in FCs. I recommend you look it up, maybe it focuses on the nuances of using FCs.

@Gurkenklemme 9 ай бұрын

What I do is. I make Anki cards, some more narrow and some more concept like, so that I learn the connection and details for every topic. And for every whole seminar/lecture I create one grinde Map and repeat those also through the flashcard system, so I don't need to remember how well I know every map. Also for the concept cards/ mind maps I always write down my answer (non linear). Probably this is a an overkill but until now it worked. I think only grinde maps wouldn't work since the biggest part is just remembering for my tests

@88boysss 9 ай бұрын

What kind of assessment is IELTS?

@abcdefg-hv2ks 9 ай бұрын

English language proficiency test, it's pretty easy (im non-native) If you can comprehend english sentences that can stretch to 4-5 lines, uncommon words, identifying meaning of a word by the way it's used in a sentence and be able to understand various english accents, especially American and British then you're set.

@88boysss 9 ай бұрын

@@abcdefg-hv2ks I meant is it declarative or procedure knowledge at lower or higher retrieval?

@maxviz1 9 ай бұрын

Man, I'm not a native speaker of English language, but even in the 2.5x speed of the video i'd add more speed. It would be really nice to speak faster 😂

@fuglytard1293 9 ай бұрын

Longer video means more money for him.

@AhmedMostafa-hl9yl 9 ай бұрын

I rarely do this but here I am contributing to the internet pool of spite I like the idea of matching your recall method to the question style of the exam, and I'm thankful for that part. I was really pissed off though that you had to undermine flashcards to get your point across. None of your points are valid. Of course flashcards aren't good for learning, they were never meant for that. Learning is 3 parts; encoding, retaining and recalling. Flashcards are meant for retaining information and they are perfect for it. You said so yourself that they are in essence spaced repetition and active recall. Don't compare between your recommendation (chunking) and flashcards, they were meant for different things. I'm a Justin sung fan so my expectations were high, but sadly maybe too high TLDR: flashcards are for retaining not encoding so don't judge a fish for not being able to climb a tree

@bruhsorry7668 9 ай бұрын

how the fuck do u get butthurt over flashcards bruv

@phanikatam4048 9 ай бұрын

ahmed please let me know how to approach learning ? i confused all this method by the youtubers . now i am at zero state let me know how one learn effectively . ?

@AhmedMostafa-hl9yl 9 ай бұрын

@@phanikatam4048 there are so much study methods BECAUSE there are so many parts for learning. Here is a simple breakdown and recommendation for each 1) encoding or "getting the info in" The transfer is from source (book/lecture) to sink (you) through pathway (method). First, pick a great source like a lecturer you enjoy. Secondly, the sink needs to be healthy so think sleep, exercise and whatnot. As for the method, I recommend you look up chunking using blooms taxonomy (which was mentioned in this video) 2) retaining or "keeping the info from going out" The number one reason for forgetting is learning new stuff. Your brain overrides the old stuff. That's where spaced repetition comes in. By dropping a friendly reminder every once in a while to your brain that "hey, this info is important, okay?", you can prevent your brain from forgetting it. My recommendation for this is flashcards which combines spaced repetition with active recall Now, till here is the actual learning part, the next part is solving/retrieving the info 3) retrieval or "using the info" Information in our brain is like dull black boxes which have tags or "hooks" to help us retrieve them. Think about the time when you couldn't remember someone but you suddenly got it after looking at a random but related object. The more hooks the info has, the easier it is to retrieve. For this, I recommend using tables or comparisons which helps your brain figure out what makes each info unique or special There are still multiple different areas like revision (relearning) or exam technique or a bunch of other stuff but I got stuff to do and this is getting too long. Hope this helps

@paulmckoy2584 9 ай бұрын

😂 not that serious fam

@lolabint3411 9 ай бұрын

isnt that LITERALLY what he said himself in the video? im confused why you're pissed?

@dylancode 4 ай бұрын

I'm not sure I quite agree. Yes, flashcards take a *long* time to make. I've made over 12,000 of them 😂. But just by memorising around 100 of these cards for a single test, I got 100% - compared to around 80% without. Flashcards are amazing, but people are too lazy to use them properly and simply do them when they can be bothered to - not every day. Flsshcards are AMAZING for memorising things. Of course they don't help you as much to understand stuff, but that's not what revision is for. Revision is for memorising and practising, school is for learning and understanding. And if you don't understand something... Just watch a video or read some notes about it. Nobody's saying you are only allowed to use flashcards.

@My_Self_Improvement_Channel 9 ай бұрын

Everything is fine but this way I will need a new method to remember all methods and processes.

@icanstudystudent 8 ай бұрын

Hi have you tried viewing our PDF? the link is in the description and it has all the steps you need

@My_Self_Improvement_Channel 8 ай бұрын

@@icanstudystudent Thank you very much I did not know about that. The PDF will help a lot.

@sdnnvs 9 ай бұрын

Excellent non-binary approach: either/or. Indeed, isolated data must be memorized by spaced repetition and active retrieval. Interrelated information must be studied in an associated and interrelated way.

@ArunAbrahamKY 9 ай бұрын

Found the splitting HOLD by declarative and procedural, and adjusting the learning strategy to be very useful. what I was doing was using procedural strategies for declarative situations or vice versa. Thank for giving me a frame work to pick the right tool for the situation.

@enochwong654 9 ай бұрын

Physics students calm down

@chiyungwong3774 9 ай бұрын

Wow! You actually need flash cards just to remember all the different terms and concepts mentioned! Otherwise this video makes no sense.😅

@silent_simulator9590 7 ай бұрын

show academic grades. All those people do is "Talking about it" talk is cheap. Show-off if you can...but i highly doubt it. Different niches, same tactics...

@7cs13 9 ай бұрын

Flashcard is good for revision but for learning? It is sht.

@user-rt6fq8wk1d 9 ай бұрын

I hate flashcards and all its derivatives

@PoisonWeb13 8 ай бұрын

The problema is having thousands of flash cards, not the flash cards. I mean, you are supposed to do a few flash cards of every topic, and use them to connect big concepts. Its just a way to review for your exams and give you confidence about some topics that you know you use to forget. Of course if you make tones of flashcards, its going to be a waist of time, but It happens with every tip or study sistem.

@miko-ee 7 ай бұрын

I had so many flashcards before like close to over 500 Then I just made less than 200 now