Learning Terms

Learning new terminology is a common problem in education. More time with terms and surface area factors into greater ability to pick terms up as memorable. I find introduction to new terms potentially in summaries to spark interest. Not knowing what something means can factor into desire to actually learn what a term means.

Finding ways to increase surface area in time seems like it has higher potential for picking up new terms. Like immersion in a new language. Hear the phrase “What is your name?” in a new language one time, or 20 times? Twenty times has more potential for surface area in different contexts, has more potential for being considered as useful and valuable. Reiterations factors into memory. Reiterations on terms builds a base of terminology and many times field and domain specific terms build on one another. There is a bit of a learning activation energy, once sufficient amounts of terms are learned learning the subject and domain can become easier, picking up new terms simpler as easier to see where they fit in, like the puzzle pieces at the end of a puzzle.

The difference between someone that is successful in a subject and someone who gives up is likely the difference in getting past the activation energy sometimes. Don’t give up, Never Say Die! Past activation energy has potential for being Empowered Clear Sailing.

Everyone is different, I find reading summaries and terms at end of chapters initially versus reading all chapters through sequentially to be valuable. Hear a term once early on potential for more reiterations, more potential for considered as valued, more ability to locate it in context, context that is likely to factor into valued and memorable. Straight Forward might not be ideal surface area for learning new domain terminology and knowledge.

Fault Tolerance was a Master’s level class in Computer Engineering. More appreciation for the term earlier on has potential for a lot of value added.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_tolerance

Someone introduced to the term might not find it valuable until 20 days from now when they hear it again. More people that give surface area and context, more potential for appreciated and valued, more appreciated and valued equals more potential for memorable and factored in at a future date.

Fault Tolerance and Graceful Degradation in Blood Circulation to the Brain?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_Willis

Fault Tolerance (Engineering), Graceful Degradation (Engineering), Circle of Willis (Anatomy)

Learning new terms and finding more reasons to value and draw connections has potential for memorable value added.

I am currently video recording my read throughs including reading of Chapter Terms and Summaries. Then I can replay the recordings both actively and in the background and thus increase iterations and repetitions over time thus potentially increasing memorable and time for critical thought. Tablets with Screen Recording (like my Samsung S7+ tablet) is helpful for recording and replaying. OBS Studio is useful screen recording software for Windows. Activation Energy to go through reading is easier with a video that is reading along. Easier Activation Energy, including ability to increase speed (I increase the speed to 2.5x after reading) factors into less time costs for reiterations, reiterations that improve surface area and potential for memorable and critical thought, connections.

Something that usually takes 30 minutes to read through now to around 12 minutes with more energy, less activation energy and less time costs factors into more potential to be used and thus more repetitions. I use VideoMaker app on Android to speed up the screen recordings to 2.5x, seems to do good with not changing the tone (speed ups in past used to make tone higher). The tech is more powerful has potential for being more useful, useful for learning in ways less possible in the past.