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NTSE Preparation Tips From Our Topper – Manav Bansal- Punjab NTSE Stage-1 ( 126/150)
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NTSE Preparation Tips From -Manan Goyal –( Himachal Pradesh Topper ) NTSE Stage-1(139/150 Marks)
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NTSE Preparation Tips From Our Topper -Tarush Goyal (Punjab State Topper NTSE Stage-1 (135/150 Marks)
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How to use a simple method to remember everything you learn
What is spaced learning?
With advancement in science, learning and retaining the absorbed knowledge has become easier. The constant researches and studies that are conducted on human brain, have helped guide students to learn in a smart way rather than toiling for hours and burning midnight oil.
Spaced repetition is one such learning technique. This technique advises you to incorporate sufficient gap of time when undertaking review of previously learned material. This will help exploit the psychological spacing effect of human brain.
This principle especially comes in use when a student must study a bunch of chapters and retain all of it for an indefinite period. In simple language, if you have a lot of syllabus to cover, and need to memorize them well, you are to space out the repetitions or revisions to improve your retention capacity.
Technology to help you with spaced learning.
To make your life easier, there are quite a few computer softwares that can help you make a schedule of your spaced learning revisions. The software is programmed to help students achieve their target level (e.g. to be able to recall 90% of their studied material at any given time), and it adjusts the repetition spacing interval accordingly. For example, portions of the material that is hard will appear more often than the easier ones.
How does spaced learning work with the software
It is like learning with flashcards. The items that you wish to memorize need to be fed to the computer program in the form of question-answer pairs (in the form of text, audio files or images). When a specific pair becomes due to be reviewed, the question will be displayed on the screen, and the student must answer it. After answering the question, the user must manually enter the correct answer and also let the program know about the difficulty level of the question. The program will then further schedule the pairs as per the spaced repetition algorithms.
(Software examples: Mnemosyne, Anki, Barinscape, etc.)
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How to use it in practice?
Let us take an example for studying vocabulary for your GRE exam or any English exam for that matter. When you learn 20-30 new English words on one day, it might prove to be a challenge to recall them all the very next day (unless you are a prodigy). Spaced learning with flashcards will come to your rescue in cases like this! While some words are easy to recall, the others are extremely difficult. A programmed algorithm in any spaced repetition software will space your reviews according to the level of difficulty (as decided by you), so that you ace your verbal section in GRE!
Useful tips for using the spaced learning software:
- Try to make the questions and answer pair flashcards as clear and unambiguous as possible.
- Avoid using multi-choice questions.
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How to learn and train better by reducing cognitive load
Definition:
‘Cognition’ or the ability of the human brain to learn/understand any information depends on the load or amount/volume of information that is supplied to it in any given amount of time. Thus, the Cognitive Load Theory proposes that learners are capable of absorbing/retaining the supplied information effectively only if there their mental capacity is not “overloaded”. Scientifically speaking our short term memory or working memory (similar to RAM) cannot take-in an infinite supply of information and there is a limit.
The Cognitive Load Theory explains how each person is equipped with a mental “schema” or series of structures for problem solving as well as thinking. Also, it is important to know that human mind processes auditory and visual information separately. Auditory schemas of working memory do not compete with the visual ones. This is called the “Modality Effect.”
Split-Attention Effect is triggered when too many visual sources of information is included in the study material (flowcharts, diagrams, labels, etc.). This divides the student`s attention. This in turn increases the cognitive load and restricts the creation of new schemas in the brain.
Types of cognitive load:
Intrinsic:
This is an inherent property associated with the nature of certain tasks or problems because some activities are always harder to learn than others. Thus, the difficult ones usually have more potential to cause an intrinsic cognitive overload in human brain than the easier tasks.
Extraneous:
This type encompasses all non-relevant and unimportant information that tend to make unnecessary use of the brain. Extraneous cognitive overload occurs when any study material has pages of information in which the real important piece of information is hidden within other useless texts.
Germane:
This is the good kind of cognitive load. Germane load imposes the brain to construct new schemas and automate them and hence has a positive effect on learning.
Applying cognitive load theory to training and learning
- If an attempt is made to deliver all the information at once, then the recipient student will get saturated and will neither be able to learn effectively nor will be able to recall the knowledge later when needed. Good instructional methods avoid overloading the working memory with additional activities that make no direct contribution to learning.
- In any e-learning material if there is visual information as well as auditory information, it significantly decreases the cognitive load on a student’s visual working memory by making use of their auditory channel memory space as well.
- The Split-Attention Effect can be taken care of by integrating visual information together instead of separate parts. For example: Trying to incorporate labels in diagrams and explanatory text in figures will keep the student`s attention in one place at one time.
- Another way to effectively combat cognitive load while preparing training material is to divide the entire content into smaller portions. This way, students will read forward only when they have fully absorbed the current material. Thus, overloading the working memory can be avoided and the learnt information can successfully move to the long term memory for future reference.
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Cognition definition, types of cognitive load and how it can be used with study material
Registration for CAT 2017 has already started and the last date has been declared on September
Common Admission Test, also referred to as CAT refers to the leading examination which is conducted for students willing to seek admission in top business schools in India. The registration for the examination has started on August 9 and will continue till 20th September.
No need to hurry on day one. Take your own time as the registration is open for a good 40 days. Thus, you have sufficient time for registration, says Professor Neeraj Dwivedi. The institute is going to conduct the entrance test this year itself. If you are interested, keep your documents ready in a careful manner on the desktop. Make sure to go through each and every instruction thoroughly as you apply. There is an adequate amount of time for applying and you do not need to worry about.
Post to submission of applications, different candidates will be capable of downloading admit card from 18th October 2017 till the date of conduction of exam.
The date for CAT exam is out. It is going to be held on 26th November.
iimcat.ac.in, the official website of CAT, comprises of a section on FAQ, frequently asked questions that address different queries of the candidate regarding CAT. Candidates will able to contact the helpdesk of CAT via phone or email.
The examination is going to be conducted in two sessions. The test notification has been released by IIM Lucknow last month. Each of the 20 IIMs accepts the scores of this exam. Over 100 business schools are going to accept this test.
The examination will be held in test centers wide spread across 140 cities. Candidates will be conferred the option to choose the cities as per the preference. The authorities will let the candidates know about test centers after the registration for CAT 2017 is over. Thus, you do not require rushing in order to block cities and slots during the initial days of registration
