The Science of Productivity, Animated. When Memorization Gets in the Way of Learning - Ben Orlin. I once caught an 11th-grader who snuck a cheat sheet into the final exam.
At first, he tried to shuffle it under some scratch paper. When I cornered him, he shifted tactics. "It's my page of equations," he told me. "Aren't we allowed a formula sheet? The physics teacher lets us. " Looking back, I have to ask myself: Why didn't I allow a formula sheet? "What's the sine of π/2? " "One! " So I skipped ahead, later to realize that they didn't really know what "sine" even meant. Some things are worth memorizing--addresses, PINs, your parents' birthdays. Memorization has enjoyed a surge of defenders recently. Certainly, knowledge matters. I define memorization as learning an isolated fact through deliberate effort. First, there's raw rehearsal: reciting a fact over and over. Raw rehearsal is the worst way to learn something.
Second, there are mnemonics and other artificial tricks--songs, acronyms, silly rhymes. Such tactics certainly work better than raw rehearsal. So what are the alternatives? A How-To Guide: Accelerated Learning for Accelerated Times. The above video is a short presentation I gave at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam.
It covers a basic framework for mastering any skill quickly, including languages, music, dance, and more. What skill have you put off learning for longest… and why? Let me know in the comments. Perhaps I (or other readers) can help. Second, if you could learn one skill in the next six months, what would it be? Visual Thinking. Languages. Home of the world's smartest flashcards.
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