{"id":50242,"date":"2021-09-21T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=50242"},"modified":"2021-10-01T09:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:58:40","slug":"active-learning-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/active-learning-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Active Learning Methods to Accelerate Your Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are some effective active learning methods? How is this style of learning better than rote memorization?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With active learning, you don&#8217;t just receive new information. Rather, you actively participate in the learning experience. Active learning methods are not only more effective, but they&#8217;re also more enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn about three different active learning methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3 Active Learning Methods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Limitless<\/em> author Jim Kwik notes that many people try to learn new information by rote memorization: repeating something until it sticks. <strong>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/rote-learning-method\/\">rote learning<\/a> is ineffective <\/strong>because you\u2019re basically trying to bully your brain into accepting the information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, in <em>active learning<\/em>, students actively participate in the learning experience; for example, through in-class discussion or self-chosen projects. <strong>Active learning methods are much more effective (and fun!) than rote memorization.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Counterpoint: <\/strong>Studies have shown that <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.3758\/BF03192936\">rote learning <em>is<\/em> extremely effective when studying <em>foundational concepts<\/em><\/a>, such as the alphabet or the Periodic Table. However, the more advanced and complex a topic is, the more rote learning falls short of active learning methods (or <a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/chem13-news-magazine\/november-2014\/recommended\/why-educational-research-matters-you-rote-vs-meaningful\">meaningful learning<\/a>, as some call it).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are three active learning methods that Kwik recommends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visualization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of just reading words on a page, or hearing them spoken, Kwik recommends engaging your visual memory\u2014<strong>imagining the picture that those words paint, rather than the words themselves. <\/strong>That picture will be much easier to recall than the series of words that created it. <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To illustrate this point, take a moment right now and think of your bedroom. It\u2019s a fairly safe bet that you came up with a mental image, rather than a collection of words like <em>bed, dresser, nightstand, <\/em>and so on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>How Do <em>You <\/em>Learn?<\/strong><br><br>Kwik is describing <a href=\"https:\/\/tophat.com\/glossary\/v\/visual-learning\/\"><em>visual learning<\/em>,<\/a> an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/active-learning-method\/\">active learning method<\/a> in which students benefit from seeing graphical representations of what they\u2019re studying (pictures, charts, maps, and so on). In essence, he\u2019s suggesting that you harness visual learning by creating those graphics yourself, in your own mind.&nbsp;<br><br>Experts now recognize that visual learning is just one of many different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/different-types-of-learning-styles\/\">learning styles<\/a>. For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/vark-learn.com\/introduction-to-vark\/the-vark-modalities\/\">VARK model<\/a> says that there are four major learning styles (<strong>V<\/strong>isual, <strong>A<\/strong>uditory, <strong>R<\/strong>eading\/writing, and <strong>K<\/strong>inesthetic). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.time4learning.com\/learning-styles\/\">Another model<\/a> adds Logical, Social, and Solitary learning styles (and replaces Reading\/writing with the more general Linguistic learning style).<br><br>Consider which learning styles you seem to favor, and try to come up with an equivalent to Kwik\u2019s \u201cvisualization\u201d active learning method for those styles. For example, if you\u2019re a kinesthetic learner, you might find it helpful to associate a simple hand movement with a difficult concept\u2014later, when you need to recall the concept, perform that hand movement and it should spring to mind.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Association<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwik believes that <strong>association is the basis of all learning<\/strong>\u2014in order to learn new information, that information has to be connected to something you already know. Therefore, you should always try to link any new information to something that you already know about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplypsychology.org\/pavlov.html\">Pavlov\u2019s famous dog experiment<\/a> demonstrates a very basic form of associative learning: Dogs learned to associate food (something they already understood) with a particular sound (which previously had no meaning to them). Once they formed that association, hearing the sound would make them think of food and begin to salivate.<br><br>Kwik is suggesting that you use a similar method to link concepts in your own mind. For example, you may not know what a derivative is in calculus, but you probably know what graphs and slopes are; therefore, you can understand that a derivative is the slope of a graph. Now, hearing the word \u201cderivative\u201d (which previously had no meaning for you) will bring that concept to mind.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emotion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Information is forgettable; however, Kwik argues, <\/strong><strong><em>feelings <\/em><\/strong><strong>are memorable.<\/strong> If you can add emotions to what you\u2019re learning\u2014make it exciting, adventurous, or poignant\u2014then you\u2019ll be much more likely to remember it. That\u2019s why, for example, people frequently come up with humorous acronyms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, you\u2019ve probably experienced this phenomenon before. To illustrate the point, think back to a time when you got some extraordinary piece of news (either good or bad). 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