Learning
Techniques
Jeanelize van den Heever
Step 3
Encoding
(The Teaching Method)
Feynman Technique
• Make notes during class
• Summarise notes
• Colour-code notes
• Make diagrams
• Simplify
• Repeat
(The Teaching Method)
Notes during Class
• Use shorthand
• Use and add to slides if
possible
• Write down anything that
isn’t on the slides
• Use diagrams when
possible
(The Teaching Method)
Summarise Notes
• Redo your notes in your
preferred method
• Mind maps/point method
• Incorporate information
from the slides and extra
information written
down.
(The Teaching Method)
Colour-code Notes
• Decide on colours or
different types of
things/sections
• Revise your notes
• Highlight relevant
information in associated
colours.
(The Teaching Method)
Diagrams
• Flow diagrams to
illustrate processes
• Diagrams with labels and
annotations for
structures and functions
• Engages the visual part
of your brain
(The Teaching Method)
Simplify
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Mnemonics
Narratives
Analogies
Diagrams
(The Teaching Method)
Spatial Repetition
• Making notes – round 1
• Summarising notes – round 2
• Colour coding – round 3
• Diagrams – round 4
• Simplifying – round 5