12 Keys for Effective Learning

Name: 12 Keys for Effective Learning
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)

A Course for Academic Success

Created byD Michael Duggan

Last updated 6/2022

English

What you'll learn

How to organize information
How to retain information
How to do well on exams without expending too much time
How to plan so that what you know now will be available for you in the future

Course content

1 section • 14 lectures • 1h 23m total length

Introduction8:11
Explore the 12 keys for effective learning, including teaching others, diagramming concepts, and forming study groups to deepen understanding and improve recall.
Key #1: Know the Educational Program and Future Needs6:53
Key #2: Be Motivated AND Interested to Learn the Subject Studied6:35
Key #3: Study to Understand well enough to Teach It5:30
Key #4: Learn from Multiple Resources6:30
Key #5: Don't just READ - STUDY!5:04
Activate your study by turning reading into purposeful, resource-driven inquiry. Identify topics, skim sections, and summarize across sources to build a clear understanding and accountable learning.
Key #6: Get the BIG Picture4:36
Key #7: Organize TIME and INFORMATION6:28
Key #8: Set Specific Study GOALS4:18
Set specific study goals for each session, identify subtopics, gather resources, and produce a tangible document showing what you learned.
Key #9: Make Memory Maps to Preserve your knowledge!11:47
Key #10: Test Yourself - Make Long-Term Memory by Practice3:54
Key #11: Seek Friendly Competition3:08
Seek friendly competition to push you to learn more and quiz each other on the material. Study together to exercise the information you gain and help each other learn.
Key #12: Plan for Future Needs!8:01
Summary of how we've secured your future!2:59

Requirements

Any student in any course of study can benefit from this course. There are no requirements except a desire to learn things very well and a passion for the subject.

Description

This course evolved from a booklet I wrote over 30 years ago so that students in dental school could more readily manage the intense information flow that is part of that curriculum. I developed the approach originally as an older dental student who needed to do well in school, but had limited time because of family responsibilities. My formulation of the strategy that worked for me grew from experiences I had in school 20 years earlier than dental school, and from teaching both chemistry and dentistry at the university level. This course is most effective for students who have a PASSION for learning - they will find success most easily. But, even if you are not as driven, following this systematic approach can take you farther in your program that you ever thought possible.

There are 12 specific concepts or "keys" that form a fully articulated strategy for learning. Every aspect of this strategy builds on previous work, so that you will have at the end a resource that will help you make SENSE of your individual courses, see how they FIT together, and retain all of the associated information in such a way that whatever your future challenges, you will have this foundational knowledge at your fingertips!

Who this course is for:

Students in a learning curriculum where there are exams to complete, and likely comprehensive exams later in the program. This course will also help you prepare for national exams that test your more global knowledge. While this approach evolved during a dental school program, medical school, math majors, psychology students, and all others can benefit a lot!