The Top Student Tier List (Ranking 27 Study Skills)

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We created the ultimate science-tested tier list of study techniques for students of all types. Which ones are superior? You'll know soon...


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- Mike and Matty


0:00 Intro
0:48 Flashcards
1:58 Feynman Technique
3:09 Pomodoro
4:05 Practice Problems
5:13 Study Planning
6:05 Interleaving
7:47 Priming
8:45 Chunking
10:00 Syntopical Reading
11:07 Blurting
12:12 Frameworking
13:00 Rereading
14:00 Going to Class
15:07 Highlighting
16:00 Rewatching
16:20 Spaced Repetition
17:45 Mind Mapping
19:22 Mnemonics
20:07 Sleep
21:11 Doing Homework
22:33 Listening to Music
24:04 Creating Content
25:57 Exercise
26:35 Group Discussions
27:44 Visual Associations
29:10 Chat GPTing
30:39 Cramming
32:15 How to Level Up Each Technique to S Ti

All Comments (21)
  • @sds1483
    The first time I used Anki, I got 100% on my Econ & Business test
  • @naip3
    About pomodoro method, nowadays my study period is 1hour and my rest is 10 minutes. You have to feel when you can go further and study for more time, following the pattern of big study moment and a small rest. I think pomodoro is the best way to study for long periods without getting exausted
  • Incredibly useful! The great thing is that you guys explained that even good techniques can be done in the wrong way so now I sorta know what to do and avoid, thanks!
  • @Me_AyaTee
    glad to get ur notification again and thank u so much for the beneficial content btw i'm so glad u guys talked about flashcards i'm a med student im Algeria and using flashcards and ankis isn't that famous here so i was really hesitant about whether i should start using it or not so thanks for the clarity u just served
  • @pjdava
    Cajun Koi Academy, You're the best! I subscribed because I love your content!
  • @ffgwh2jl1
    i think highlighting is really effective when combined with chunking you highlight the key words to chunk it and group it for better memorization
  • @izalaunspach5682
    About 25.03 where you're talking about reading vs learning. I always think of it like learning to play an instrument. If you just listen to the song you want to learn, you dont actually learn it, you have to sit down and practice to learn. It is very useful to hear it once te get a certain kind of understanding, but nothing happens if you dont actively practice the song.
  • Great video guys! I was wondering if you could make a video based on college counselling and what kind of ecs and stats you should aim for? Or like a video on how to come up with passion projects?
  • @anojd162
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  • @yukislife572
    it's something abour your editing its so satifsying i cant put my head to it
  • @SeetiniAmrutha
    S Tier: INTERLEAVING: Learning one topic in different ways possible FEYMAN TECHNIQUE: Teaching what you understood/learnt to someone in as simple words as possible. STUDY PLANNING: Planning beforehand when, what and for how long to study. SLEEP: One of the most important and beneficial for learning is sleep. People literally can die without lack of sleep. Never ever sacrifice it. Decrease sleep= Decrease lifespan. We process everything we experienced at day in our sleep. CREATING CONTENT: Create content from what you have learnt from is an incredibly useful technique because it gives you a reason to learn something so you can share it with others. It also improves your brain creativity. A Tier: Pomodoro: 25min study session and 5 minute break or 50min session and 10 min break. PRIMING: Reading the respective material before going to class so you won't feel lost and actually kind of know what the teacher is talking about. CHUNKING: Lots of information is broken down into small parts and is memorised individually (so we won't feel like there is soo much to learn and also it helps the brain to process info much faster and make it less stressful) PRACTICE PROBLEMS: Tip: If you have like a lot of concepts then try to do conceptual questions first and then go for full chapter tests. It becomes easier about where you are finding lapses in the chapter. Might not work for everyone. Try it though. SPACED REPETITION: Reviewing/Revision a concept or chapter in regular intervals. (Your brain can't process and store information if you revise just once. You have to review it over and over again for your brain to actually remember it.). The spaced repetition sequence goes like this: 1st time, within 2 hours, 4 hours, 1 day, 3 days, 7days...till you remember it) MIND MAP:Basically you just try to draw a map with the topic and the Subtopics. Very useful for revision if you include blurting and mind map together. For eg. If you take a topic and it has two subtopics, just by looking at the name of the topics and subtopics your brain should be able to think about what you learnt under that topic/subtopic. VISUAL ASSOCIATION: Trying to group a page of notes etc into diagrams or mindmaps(anything visually). Highly useful because it makes your brain to easily remember details. B Tier: SYNTOPICAL: Studying one topic from different resources. To gain multiple perspectives of understandings from different people. FRAMEWORKING: Giving structure to what you are thinking. For eg. Using flowcharts Or diagrams or graphs to understand about a concept. Bad thing is that it takes a lot of time to actually figure out how to draw the concept/topic for you to understand it. LISTENING TO MUSIC: Very useful and enjoyable when you don't feel like studying. White noise and binaural beats are considered as most effective. Tips: Don't listen to slow music, don't listen to music with lyrics and dont listen to music with high volume. EXERCISE: It's really important both physically and mentally. It enables your mood, memory, your well being and overall everything. Not mandatory though. GROUP DISCUSSIONS: Highly useful if used correctly and surrounded with the right people. CHAT GPT: Useful for summaries of chapters or topics or to clarify doubts C Tier: Flashcards:Taking a small card and writing a question or a fact on one side and the answer on the other side so you can kind of quiz yourself and know the answer immediately.Not recommended because it takes too much time and energy. But very helpful in some cases. BLURTING: Take a topic and write down everything you remember about it. It helps you to recall facts but not recommended because it doesn't make you think about the links between the concepts. Very useful for occasional use. GOING TO CLASS: Depends on the person. Each one has their own needs but its good to have a guide to what you are doing and to help you with doubts. MNEMONICS: Just trying to remember a list of things(especially in a sequence) to create like a rhyme or a pattern. It just helps you to recall things and not actually understand the concepts. HOMEWORK: It depends on person. If you feel homework is a burden then it's unhelpful but if you take it to your advantage, it's very helpful. CRAMMING: Spaced repetition > Cramming. Most people sacrifice sleep to cram which isn't good. It also is not good for memory. But useful sometimes. D Tier: REREADING/REWATCHING: Complete waste of time as your brain thinks it already knows but we can't actually remember it. HIGHLIGHTING: Not useful because it's passive and it tells your brain that its important but it doesn't actually make your brain to remember it even though you know its important. Tip: People get bored quickly. So try different techniques for every chapter you learn and observe what works and doesn't work. It takes time but it's very effective once you know how to learn something effectively. Most people want to learn but they don't know how. So we have to be thankful that there are already plenty of techniques backed up by science so we don't take up most of the time thinking about how to learn. Thanks for reading.
  • @StreaksLimitless
    I use the blurting method for theory subjects such as science and then use feynman technique afterwards to solidify my knowledge
  • @roshanxd4499
    I think it depends on what you’re studying. The tier list would look different for different subjects. For subjects like biology and chemistry, anki is most useful whereas with maths nothing is better than practice problems and so on.
  • @bhusuman8746
    I think that a great deal of work was given on how to plan in Atomic Habits. Habit stacking and such methods are quite useful for this.
  • I’m a secondary teacher 4 yrs in and didn’t go to school for teaching. This is so cool to see these pedagogical things broken down. Syntopical reading is my personal fave but kids don’t do it nowadays cause they’re not curious about the things taught in our curriculum and don’t like to read.
  • @nicolek5914
    Cajun Koi Academy, I really like your content! Due to the good visualisation I was able to follow the topic back here in Germany. Just one question: where would you RANK Cornell-Notetaking?
  • Great video. About the music I just want to make an addendum. For people with ADHD, music can be very beneficial because it stimulates our brain enough to actually do the studying, I myself have ADHD, and I am a completely different person with and without music, but those tips of no lyrics and no fast pace music are definitely true, I love using Lofi to study.
  • @MartinaNegro
    i finished school years ago and I finally realize that I'm not stupid nor lazy, I was just never taugth how to study. All my methods were in D class and were presented as THE ONLY way (by teachers too!). I would do tests with a gigantic amount of anxiety because I felt like I knew enough thanks to the illusion of familiarity, but then the test would feel like it was written in another language. I bet knowing this would have made my highschool experience much better. I don't know if I'll be able to go back to school, but I'm definitely gonna use these techniques in my self learning journey. Thank you very much for posting this video, it was a confidence boost I didn't even think I needed :D
  • @farihaManzar
    Beside your great content,your artwork has also improved.❤ Are you the brothers create the thumbnail by yourself or is there any editor?