{"id":16091,"date":"2020-07-22T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.liquid-themes.com\/hownow\/?p=16091"},"modified":"2020-08-03T10:29:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T10:29:41","slug":"highlighting-and-annotating-content-helping-you-learn-and-recall-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.liquid-themes.com\/hownow\/blog\/highlighting-and-annotating-content-helping-you-learn-and-recall-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighting and annotating content: helping you learn and recall knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Think back to your school or university days, you had all your notes written down or a text book laid out in front of you. All that was left to do was watch your highlighter glide smoothly over everything you deemed important\u2014the things you believed you\u2019d need to know later. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>While we can\u2019t help you replicate that feeling of colourful ink soaring across a page, we\u2019ve got something even better. A more adult way of replicating your academic technique. In HowNow, you can highlight text in nuggets and courses, annotating them with notes that help you recall and reinforce important information. Once you\u2019ve flagged them, you\u2019ll find them saved in your highlights section and heading to your inbox as part of your email digest.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, why is highlighting content such a useful tool for learning?<\/span><\/p>\n

Make passive learning active and retain information better
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Our journey through the classroom or lecture hall isn\u2019t over. In your academic learning, did you retain more information when someone talked at you for an hour or when you were given a platform to participate in that session? The answer is most likely the latter because being active forces you to engage with and challenge the information in front of you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvard research<\/span><\/a> framed it best: \u201cStudy shows students in \u2018active learning\u2019 classrooms learn more than they think\u201d and that\u2019s despite some believing that they learnt more from traditional lectures\u2014the study showed the opposite to be true.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The same principle applies here, by highlighting the nuggets and courses you\u2019re reading in HowNow, you are actively engaging with the content and increasing your chances of remembering it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Spaced repetition: the less is more approach to recalling knowledge<\/b><\/h2>\n

Your brain can\u2019t store or recall a lot of information at once. Instead, it needs cues of what\u2019s important, like seeing something multiple times or being reminded of it on a regular basis. If you ever crammed the night before a test, you\u2019ll have noticed how little you remembered once the post-exam adrenaline wore off. If you planned ahead, highlighted important information and created flashcards you could revisit as the exam approached, chances are you\u2019ll have remembered much more of that in the long term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trying to learn it all at once didn\u2019t work, but giving your brain cues for the key information at spaced intervals was much more effective. Hence, why less is more! Such as viewing your highlights in HowNow and receiving them in your email digest, as opposed to reading an article once. The more you encounter a piece of information, the less you need to refresh your memory of what it is.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Applying the principles of active recall<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you were thinking that our section on spaced repetition reminded you of active recall, you\u2019d be right. Essentially, we\u2019re talking about the idea that repeating a question and asking your brain to summon up the answer helps move it from your short-term to long-term memory. A <\/span>study among students<\/span><\/a> showed that those using active recall remember 80% of the new terms they\u2019d been taught, compared to 34% among their passive counterparts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Create new knowledge by building on existing knowledge<\/b><\/h2>\n

When you read an article, you\u2019ll already have some existing knowledge about the subject, and flagging the things that are new is a great way to build on that base. Imagine if you try a new recipe for something you\u2019ve cooked a few times before, not everything in there would be at a Michelin Star level of importance. Instead, you\u2019ll take note of the different ingredients or instructions and add that to what you already know. If the recipe\u2019s a hit, you\u2019d be glad you highlighted the all-important parts of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Every cooking guru needs a sous chef, learning\u2019s the same and we\u2019d love to be yours. But instead of passing you the spices, we\u2019ll send you recommendations for content, recap your highlights and much more. Learn more about HowNow<\/a> or take a trial<\/a> for yourself.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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