Beliefs That Make You Stupid Summary

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Dr. Chew explains in a series of five videos on how to get the most out of studying. In video number one, he explains the common misconceptions “Beliefs that make you stupid.” The first thing he beings to discuss is “learning is fast” many college students underestimate the time it actually takes to learn the material or even complete an assignment. The best way to really comprehend something is to carefully read and review. When you have an assignment, always plan your assignments in advanced so it gives you time to review. Many people struggle because they try to memorize of isolated facts, which are the key terms that darkened in the textbook. Teachers test on how well you know the concept you understand fully what you’re learning if you only memorize the “isolated facts.” Many …show more content…
But that’s not all you need; a lot of student believe that they are really good at multitasking because they do it all the time so they study and while doing many different things. The issue is many students never really compare how they do multitasking to how well they do without distractions. Research evidence shows they we are bad at multitasking especially concentration and effort while studying. We fool ourseleves thinking we can multitask but we actually can not. In order to succeed, you have to reduced or eliminate your distraction. For every distraction you have, you reduced the amount you learn, increase the time it takes to learn the material and increase the chance of a bad grade. A new concept that can have a huge impact on your learning is Metacognition. Metacognition is a student’s awareness of their level of understanding of a topic. Accurate metacognition is the key difference between successful and weaker students. Weaker students are over confident, as a result of this they don’t study as much as they need to. They take an exam they are confident that they did well but they actually