7 Pro Study Tips That Will Make Athletic Training Students Feel Like a Genius

There’s more to being smart than just being smart. It’s something you do.

Science shows that context and strategy matter almost as much as mental horsepower when it comes to learning fast. There are a lot of people who think they’re not good learners, but they’re just not practicing effectively.

There are tons of research-backed tips on how to cram more information into your brain faster and more effectively. You can use them whether you’re an athletic training student, a professional working on a training or certification, or just a life-long learner.

1. Learn to teach.

An experiment went like this: one group of students was given a sheet of paper with material and told to learn it for a test. Another group got the same sheet and was told to learn it to teach it to someone else. Both took the same test. Can you guess who did better? By far, those who learned to teach.

It’s an insight Nobel laureate Richard Feynman understood well. So next time you have to learn something, try teaching it to another athletic training student instead of just reading it again and again.

2. Remember more with retrieval.