The Science of Learning


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When you go to , your starts cleaning its . It will most things you during the day. Only what you pay the most to during the day, will the brain remember for a bit longer.
Even if you understand well what a is about or what the class activities are about, you still have to pay full to it, if you want that to stay in your brain after sleep.
When you chat with or do things that yourself from learning during lesson, you are not going to remember much from what you have learnt in that lesson. Because you will forget about it after sleep. Because your brain thinks that you're not taking those seriously.
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Self-evaluation: Am I learning with great focus, undistracted?

1. When was the last time I got distracted in a lesson? By what?
2. What distracts me from my learning the most during lessons? (Mention 3 things)
3. What can I do to prevent myself from getting distracted by those things during lessons? (Mention 3 actions)
4. Why is it important to focus and not be disruptive during lessons? (Give 3 reasons)
5. If another student learns 1% more than you every day because they focus better in lessons, how much more will they have learnt than you by the time you do your GCSEs?
  • There are about 200 school days in a year, and GCSEs are in 5 years.
  • They learn 1% more each day, so their learning grows by 1.01 each day.
  • After 5 years: 1.011000 = ?
  • By the time of GCSEs, what they have learnt will be __________ more than me.
6. If another student learns 12% more than you because they are more focused in lessons every week, how much will they have learnt more than you after 6 weeks?
Their learning : Your learning = 1.126 = ?
After 6 weeks, what they have learnt will be __________ more than me.
7. If another student learns 2% more than you each lesson, and there are 5 lessons a day, how much will they have learnt more than you after 4 weeks (20 school days)?
Number of lessons = 20 days × 5 = 100 lessons
Their learning : Your learning = 1.02100 = ?
After 4 weeks, what they have learnt will be __________ more than me.
8. If someone improves their focus so they learn 5% more per lesson, how much will they have learnt more than you after 50 lessons?
Their learning : Your learning = 1.0550 = ?
After 50 lessons, what they have learnt will be __________ more than me.
9. Suppose you improve and learn 1% more each lesson for a year (let’s say 200 lessons). How much more will you know by the end of the year compared to if you stayed the same?
Your learning with improvement : Your previous learning = 1.01200 = ?
By the end of the year, I will know __________ more than before.

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