Why cramming before an exam does not work Bashny.Net

Memorization of information has always been considered the best guarantee of memory, but scientists say it is not tak

cramming before an exam - a time-honored practices. Of course, it's hard. But we tend to think that this technique works. Here are just studies show that it is not. Some surveys and studies show us interesting things. Almost 99% of the students recognized that the bison before exams. And even when they demonstrated a clear proof that the training with specific intervals is much better than most of them still feel that they are much more suited cramming. Why is this happening, explains BBC:

«After six hours of viewing educational material (and after three to five cups of coffee and chocolate bars) is easy to think that you learned everything by heart. Each page, each important fact seems reassuringly familiar. Cramming creates a protracted period of activity in our sensory systems and in our minds, and this activity allows our brain to mark the materials as "something that I've seen before." That's just to be able to quickly recognize something and be able to quickly recall something - this is not the same thing ».

blockquote> In assessing our own readiness for the exam, we tend to rely on how well we are familiar with the subject. But mere acquaintance with the information does not mean that you are at the right time will be able to remember it. Because much better to reorganize the information in a way that supports long-term storage, and to continue training using a model called "separate recurrence».

via factroom.ru