scoping the subject

concept · in 14 sources (2018)

Mapping a topic's headings before reading it in detail, so new material has somewhere to go.

Sources by year: 2018: 14

Also known as: scope the subject

Questions

• How should you take notes when studying?

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

spaced repetition (4) · active recall (4)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

• 2018-04-04 · How to study for exams - Evidence-based revision tips — recommendation: Ali: Instead of making notes in lectures or from textbooks, Ali writes questions for himself (the Cornell note-taking method) and answers them when he revises. — 00:17:36
• 2018-04-09 · How to Study for Exams - Spaced Repetition · Evidence-based revision tips — recommendation: Ali says students should scope their subject: spend as long as it takes, even a whole day, listing every topic of the course, since few students know their course inside out. — 00:12:39
• 2018-04-10 · Study with me + My revision method - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #30 — recommendation: Ali writes the answers in the spreadsheet's second column in white text so he cannot see them while testing himself; hovering over a cell shows the answer in Excel's formula bar. — 00:02:55
• 2018-04-12 · Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Ali: Although Ali has said making notes is a waste of time, he thinks making notes by hand in lectures is a useful strategy because it keeps you awake. — 00:02:50
• 2018-04-14 · Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Paul: To scope a subject, Paul says, face the mountain of work and write down everything you need to do, then split it into manageable chunks, instead of drifting through the month out of fear. — 00:08:24
• 2018-04-18 · Study With Me + 10 Productivity / Revision Tips - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #31 — Ali: In the past Ali would have read the textbook and made notes, spending eight to ten hours on the same topics and, he thinks, learning less, because notes and textbooks are so inefficient. — 00:07:23
• 2018-05-02 · Exam Study Tips for University & A-Level students - Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Ali: Before any revision, Ali says, scope your subject: build a broad outline of all the topics of the course and the important subtopics within each. — 00:00:58
• 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali prefers handwriting notes to typing: typing slips into autopilot, copying out the lecture without taking it in, while handwriting is too slow to do without taking it in. — 00:09:19
• 2018-05-21 · Study with me + More revision tips - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #34 — recommendation: Ali makes his own notes only when there is no easily accessible summary, to write down mnemonics, which he loves making for lists, and to categorise things. — 00:00:58
• 2018-05-28 · Study with Me + How I take notes - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #36 — recommendation: Ali's first note-making tip: split a topic into numbered lists rather than bullet points, so that when explaining it or thinking it through you can say there are, say, four main things to know. — 00:01:10
• 2018-06-02 · How I take notes on my iPad Pro in medical school - Cambridge University medical student — Ali takes notes on an iPad with the Apple Pencil because he thinks it combines the advantages of handwritten and typed notes and removes the disadvantages of both. — 00:00:36
• 2018-06-12 · Study with me + The Magic of Categorisation - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #38 — Ali says a mistake people sometimes make, and one he used to make, is thinking that the act of making notes puts the material into your brain. — 00:02:11
• …and 29 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018