Technique of the Week - Skeletal Notes

Skeletal Notes are extremely useful for revising large amounts of information and the great thing is, you're probably already an expert at it, without having ever done it. Skeletal Notes are basically you taking your notes or revision materials and really condensing them down to a few bullet points. Don't leave out any key information, just take out all the pointless language.

You're probably an expert at this already because human's are often by nature lazy, we try and get away with doing the least possible (it saves energy!) so when we speak, or when we write text messages to our friends, it's probably a lot shorter than if you were writing a formal letter.

It's so useful, because you can cut down the actual material you are looking at and trying to remember by over 50%! Memorizing 4 pages for an exam is a hell of a lot easier than revising 10 pages.

Let me give you an example:

"The YourLearningMentor blog is all about trying to make learning and revising easier for you so that you do better in your exams and reach your academic potential. It does this by explaining and giving examples of learning techniques such as flash cards, mindmaps and skeletal notes."

* YourLearningMentor Blog - revision skills = better in exams
* Learning techniques, e.g:
>  flash cards
> mindmaps
> skeletal notes

It's not just the fact that there are less words, it is also far clearer and when you read over the skeletal notes, you can get to the key information so quickly.