Post by Sjur Midttun (admin) on Oct 16, 2024 11:50:23 GMT
Historical figures challenge.
Learn the five to ten most important keywords for that person and read a little about him or her.
After another 100 days you will have a very good basis for extended knowledge about important historicial figures that most people do not know. And no excessive repetition is needed to create this mnemonic structure - just steady work 20 to 30 minutes per day or so.
In this manner, school children or other students may easily build a mental structure that contains a canon of 100, 200 people, and expand on this throughout the year.
After a year or two, it is my opinion that a student who kept a daily habit like this will have a much better understandig of, say, history than students who simply learn by assimilation and repetition. Also because in those circes, no emphasis is placed on memorization as such. Some teachers do not even see the need for math knowledge as everybody has a cel phone these days. Memorization is seen as something of little value, as it is not the *true* way of learning things. An outdated thought.
- Memorize/familiarize yourself with one historical person per day for 100 days.
- After 100 days, go back to person number one and expand on the keywords you aready have. Add more keywords - more facts about each person.
Learn the five to ten most important keywords for that person and read a little about him or her.
After another 100 days you will have a very good basis for extended knowledge about important historicial figures that most people do not know. And no excessive repetition is needed to create this mnemonic structure - just steady work 20 to 30 minutes per day or so.
In this manner, school children or other students may easily build a mental structure that contains a canon of 100, 200 people, and expand on this throughout the year.
After a year or two, it is my opinion that a student who kept a daily habit like this will have a much better understandig of, say, history than students who simply learn by assimilation and repetition. Also because in those circes, no emphasis is placed on memorization as such. Some teachers do not even see the need for math knowledge as everybody has a cel phone these days. Memorization is seen as something of little value, as it is not the *true* way of learning things. An outdated thought.