What is the reason of difficulty in understanding a subject?
Answer: sometimes the subject or lesson that we are learning are too advance for us or too different from what we have learned before. sometimes, in learning the subject; the teacher could’ve not explained it properly or has missed something important about the subject that we should know, to properly understand it.
How do you understand a difficult subject?
Here are 7 techniques for learning difficult subjects.
- Start with a real problem before moving to books.
- Learn in short chunks (pomodoros) of time.
- Remove mental blocks about your intellectual capability.
- Get engaged by solving problems.
- Learn the basics first, then the advanced.
What is the most difficult subject to learn?
Top 10 Most Difficult Subjects to Study
- Mathematics. Now, this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
- Law. Law as a career may seem lucrative due to the stature of lawyers in the country, but it still remains one of the difficult streams to master and practice.
- Foreign Language.
- Human Anatomy.
- Aerospace Engineering.
- Neuroscience.
- Statistics.
- Psychology.
How do you study a subject you don’t understand?
Look through your course books. A good way to determine the material in the course that you do and don’t understand is simply to look back through all your notes and books for the subject. Read through and think about what you know and what you don’t know.
Why do I struggle to study?
One of the most common reasons students find it difficult to study, is because of a lack of concentration. Once you start studying it is important to stay focused and not let your thoughts wander.
Why am I not serious about my studies?
Schedule time to rest and relax. It isn’t realistic to expect yourself to be able to study for 5 hours straight—your brain will need a break! You may need to take a short 5-10 minute break every 30 minutes. If you can go a little longer, try studying for 50 minutes before taking a 10-minute break.
Can’t study what to do?
The few that work for me are:
- Find a quiet workspace away form other distractions and make it into your study space.
- Pace. I create a plan to study for 20 minutes, and then take a 5-minute break.
- Simplify notes to few words. Then, on the test, it’s easy to expand on concepts.
- Don’t keep re-reading the same notes.
How can I better absorb information?
6 Proven Study Tips to Retain Information
- Teach someone else. We discussed this in a previous blog, but it’s worth repeating.
- Know when you’re most alert and attentive. Your mind is better focused during certain times of the day.
- Focus on one topic at a time.
- Pause.
- Write it down.
- Make it interesting.
How do you read and take information?
What you do before you read matters way more than you think.
- Filter Your Reading. There are no rules when it comes to choosing books.
- Get Some Context.
- Know Your Why.
- Take Notes.
- Stay Focused.
- Mark Up the Book.
- Build a Vivid Mental Picture.
- Make Mental Links.
How do you study large amounts of information?
Making information stick: A step-by-step process to learning large amounts of content
- Eliminate distractions from the outset.
- Take messy notes by hand to capture key ideas.
- Transform messy notes into messy mind maps.
- Give the mind map(s) a rest for 24 hours and then review.
- Create a set of flash cards.
- Retrieval practice.