 So, welcome back to my channel, everyone. Hello, hello, hello. I am Jomar Adams and if you're new here in my channel, I am a college instructor and also a graduate school student that creates video tutorial about medical technology, productivity, and everything in between. So for today's video, I will guess you already know what I will be sharing because I am showing it right beside me already and it is all about my study techniques and I call it the BeboKid formula. Yes, I call it the BeboKid formula because for most of the time, most of my classmates even before in college and right now in masters are calling me BeboKid and for some, they might take it offensively but for me, I actually don't care anymore because I do what I do and today that's what I'm going to share to each and every one of you. But before I start, I just want to say that I believe first and foremost that there is no such thing that is called an absolute formula or an absolute routine for you to be able to make sure that you will ace the exam, that you will top the board exam, that you will be the number one wherever you go and whatever you do. But I strongly believe that you can always study and learn something new so that you can improve yourself and what I will be sharing to you, my study techniques is not just an overnight experiment. I didn't learn all these things in one click and afterwards I woke up like this and knew everything that I know now. No, actually even my learning journey, my learning process is also an experiment, a mix and match of this and that until I end up and until I found out what works for me and I hope as I share these things to you you will also find things that are very much interesting that you will also be able to apply it in your studies. So going back to what I was saying I'm already in grad school right now I'm studying back Masters of Science in Medical Technology so at the same time I am a college instructor so there's a lot of things that I really have to study every now and then. The things that I will be discussing in my class but at the same time I still need to learn a lot of things when it comes to my grad school the things that I will be pursuing in my thesis and stuff like that. So having said that now it's very important for us to have really really good study techniques and I called it na kanina but I called it this formula the BeboKid formula and if you want to be like a BeboKid like me and if you're my student I always have the line okay, a Bebo I will share something that is highly advanced or specialized or advanced for that particular topic so that they can actually be the BeboKid in the future. So that's what I'm doing and for today I am very much excited to share to you my study techniques and for you to be able to remember this very well I call this study techniques natoy. Yes I call this study techniques I call this study techniques natoy. So maybe you're wondering why natoy bakit ko tinawag na natoy hindi ito si natoy natoy na mahal na mahal ka hindi ito yon, okay? hindi ito yon, yes hindi ito yon but I actually made in an acronym natoy so that you will be able to understand and also remember the things that I will be sharing today in fact there are actually only four techniques study techniques that I will be sharing and the other one is just a bonus one a bonus thing that I will be sharing to each and every one of you so let's dig in to our topic for today so natoy actually stands for number one note taking so I believe that for us to be able to ace an exam, for us to be successful in things that we do, we have to note we have to take note of a lot of things aside from that A in natoy stands for active recall so I will be sharing to you the science behind that later aside from that I'll be also sharing to you time allotment, strategy that I do the organization and of course the bonus is the Y the W-H-Y and not just simply Y but yung bakit mo yung dahilan kong bakit ka buhubang at bakit ka magaharal pa kulit mamaya pag atapos magatatunan so I guess we're all ready so let's dig in to the first one the first one is the note taking and the note taking system that I do is actually called your Cornell note taking system so this is not a normal type of note taking that we do and by this time I want to share why am I doing the Cornell note taking system as opposed to the traditional note taking so the traditional note taking procedure that we do is that once we read something once we see something on the black board or in the white board or we hear something that our professors mentioned during discussion, our tendency is to write it down as exact as verbatim kong baka saktong saktong pano niya sinabi ibig kahit yung mga pauses, yung mga jokes, yung mga birit, yung mga bira din sa pagkakakasabi niya we always want to write it down but for me, what I do now is the Cornell note taking and why Cornell note taking so I'll show you later on how the Cornell note taking looks like but when it comes to learning because there are two very major differentiation when it comes to learning we have the active learning and we have the passive learning so what we want is actually to do the active learning but what we were taught when we were kids at school is actually the passive kind of learning that you just listen to your professor you have your book and that's everything that you need to when it comes to your exams and then you just write everything down you just simply copy whatever is in the white board or being projected in the screen you just copy them word by word letter by letter and then that's it that's already here in old but when it comes to Cornell note taking this is one thing that I am very happy that I was able to discover when you are doing Cornell note taking you actually have here specific things in your screen right now the first one is of course the title so I want to always the title on top and then we have to divide your notebook into two bottoms so one would be for the keywords and the questions and then the other one will be for the quick notes the abbreviation, the key notes and the takeaway from the lecture and on the bottom part you do there your summary so maybe some of you are asking how do you do this exactly so for me the very exact thing that I do is for most people that know me kaila ako sa pag-sasamarize ng mga actually this is this is a habit a technique na later on ka na napapunan when I saw one of my friends who actually taught the board exam summarize the book every now and then so what I did on my own I also did summarize my book since then so I summarize the book and then afterwards what I do is to do the Cornell note-taking system so what I do is not just to simply write down or simply copy everything that is on the book or on the screen or whatever the professor is saying what I usually do for example after reading, after summarizing what I do is to go through again my notes and then do the Cornell note-taking system and what I usually do now is to copy as many not actually copy but to construct as many questions as I can yes, I am asking myself what would be the possible question when it comes to this particular topic take for example for spectrophotometry the usual thing that I will be writing down are what is a spectrophotometry and then on the side on the side so take for example the keywords are spectrophotometry but for me, I actually am dwelling more now with questions so take for example I have a question what is spectrophotometry so I will write it down on the left column and then I will be answering it on the right part and then I will construct as many questions as I can as many questions pertaining to the particular topic up until I exhaust all possible questions yes, that's what I do so if one way or another you heard me say inside the class laki kung sinasabi is that you always have to know to predict the examinations to predict the questions that will be coming out from the exam because whether you like it or not the book that you are reading are also the references of your professors so there is actually a chance that the way they construct their questions will be unique because it's their personality but there is also that certain part that how you craft your questions during note taking will also be the same questions that will be asked during exam and that's very important so that is for Cornell note taking okay so that is for Cornell note taking and one thing that I want to emphasize here is this is not just a passive copying of notes but this is an active learning style because you ask questions and you try to answer them and to tell you honestly sometimes during discussion or during your note taking you will not be able to answer everything right away so what I do usually I write as many questions as I can and then I look for the answers I look for the answers in the internet in the book reference in the ebooks that I have and then eventually when I already have piled up everything I will be able now to answer every single thing and actually I'll try to share my screen to you and actually show you how it actually how it actually looks like so for everyone who's watching you can see this is actually my clinical chemistry on my notion so I am using an app called notion so take for example I have here my instrumentation so what I usually do for example I have here carbohydrates I already outlined the topic so classification of carbohydrates so for the classification of carbohydrates I already have a lot of questions for carbohydrates what is the chemical representation of carbohydrates what are carbohydrates for the function of carbohydrates and what are the classification of carbohydrates so roughly this is how it looks like so if you're gonna go into other notes that I have take for example for atomic absorption of spectrophotometry so I have questions here what is a spectro AAS then when I click it the answer will be shown and then so as many questions as I can I write it down so what I try to do is actually try to write down as many questions as I can and then eventually what I will do next is to write the questions and then search for the answers and that will be now my notes for that particular topic so this is not just a simple note taking note taking system it's actually I believe it's a very good way on how to train our minds, our brains to think because we're not just manufacturing answers but also questions that could possibly appear in your exam so that is for my letter N in Natoy N is note taking and I do the Cornell note taking on the side alongside with my summary and of course the letter A there is active recall yes active recall and if you can see when we are talking about active recall we do talk about flash cards so during my time when I was in college so around 2011 to 2015 mano-mano yung pagawa ng flash cards because most of us don't have smartphones at that time so mano-mano kami gumagawa ng flash cards so we have index card and then we write something in the front and then the answer will be at the back so that's usually how it looks like we actually manually make our own flash cards but right now if you search your google store if you search your apple store there are actually a vast array of flash card applications that you can use and as for me what I use as flash cards are actually the same thing that I was able to show you a while back my notion so as you can see there is actually a very good a very good feature of this application notion it actually have your toggle list so in your toggle list actually you have here let me show this first to you so in your list I actually have here an arrow so take for example I want to study your atomic absorption spectrophotometry so I will click on this what is AAS and then I will try to answer it on my own okay I will first try to answer it on my own so what is the reason behind that why would I want to answer it on my own and this is the science behind active recall the more brain energy or brain power you need for you to be able to retrieve a particular information or a particular data stored in your brain the better connection it is within your brain so in short mas hinubukay mo yung otak mo yung isipan mo yung memory mo to gather and retrieve those information the better because the retention will be better so take for example I have here your AAS and I will be asking myself what is AAS so in the case na take for example I don't know the answer I can simply look for it so AAS is used to measure concentrations by detecting the absorption of electromagnetic radiation by atoms rather than your rather than by your molecules so let's try this question so I am I am actually I am actually ambushing myself now so let's try one question that's in here so that you can see how I do the active recall so your active recall can be in the form of your flashcard whether a physical flashcard or a quizlet I know a lot of you now are using quizlet in your flashcard there are actually a lot of add your application that you can use but for me I actually do my best to to use my notion so how does AAS measure concentration so most I remember so take for example and trying to recall right now how does your atomic absorption spectrophotometry measure concentration it measures concentration because the amount of energy or light absorbed by your atom is directly proportional to your concentration so hopefully I am correct of atom so what are the usual elements measured by AAS I actually remember that there are 7 7 elements that are being measured using your AAS so that is actually your aluminum your lithium your zinc your manganese your lead your copper and then I am missing one your lead and then okay and then so take for example I forgot that so you also have your zinc so aluminum copper lead, magnesium, lithium and zinc so that is how I do it so take for example the more energy that you have to use in retrieving those information the better so that is how active recall works for me so in short you don't just read your lesson by merely reading it by merely highlighting and underlining it but of course reading it, summarizing it and then trying your best to really challenge your brain to retrieve those informations okay so let's try another one for the basic components of your AAS so for the basic components of your AAS as far as I remember I have two parts here the general configuration or the general setup and of course components and if I am going to list down the components we have your light source we have your beam chopper we also have your beam chopper and then your nebulizer or your atomizer we also have your flame or your graphite furnace if it is flameless and then you have your monochromator and then your photo detector and of course your readout device and that is 7 and if I am going to check it it's actually in that form so I hope I was able to set that example already so having mentioned that that is how I do my active recall I do active recall by challenging my brain to retrieve informations as much as possible so that is for my letter A and is for note taking and A is for active recall that is how I actively retrieve and recall informations that has been embedded inside my brain so what is the next one so what would be the next one that is now your after N your note taking, your A your active recall so this is an example of my other note taking note taking or no, my active recall this is your fluorometry and this is your fluorometry and this is how it looks like so I have the questions there so what is luminescence what are the three forms of luminescence you have your fluorescence and your chemiluminescence and then what is fluorometry so on and so forth so that is how my active recall look like and of course the other one is all about your time allotment yes your time allotment and when it comes to time allotment I do the pomodoro technique but disclaimer lang po mga kapa ladies and gentlemen I am not a certified pomodoro master yes there is such a thing a certified pomodoro master so your pomodoro is actually an Italian word which means tomato so tomato, bakit po so it is actually tomato because the one who discovered it is Francisco Ciriglio which is an Italian and during that time he actually made a timer he actually made a timer that is in the shape of tomato so how does the pomodoro technique works so let me share to you how it works so first one is for you to identify the particular task that you want to accomplish first for example for me I actually list down my to-do list first thing in the morning or sometimes if I actually want to force myself to wake up early I actually do my to-do list my checklist before I go to sleep so that I will remember everything that I need to finish the next day so for the pomodoro technique what you need to do is to first select what you want to be accomplished within that particular period of time and then what you need to do is to set the pomodoro we call the pomodoro as your timer so the timer usually is 25 minutes yes, only 25 minutes so I will be setting my time for 25 minutes and usually I don't buy a pomodoro timer already similar to what you're seeing or I do not subscribe to use any other app sometimes I only use my phone and I only use my phone 25 minutes but now I'm actually using an application in my lock top which is actually called your focus city it's actually similar to the forest that is in your phone so what I do is actually to set my timer into 25 minutes and then what I do next is actually to block some applications within my lock top so I can block Facebook other websites that might tempt me to visit for the meantime that I am doing my pomodoro so the key here when you are doing your pomodoro is to actually focus yourself to commit yourself to that particular task for the entire 25 minutes yes, for the entire 25 minutes so you have to commit yourself for the entire 25 minutes until the pomodoro rings, until your timer rings so, ako what I do is actually to reset myself and discipline myself to really work and focus for 25 minutes for 25 minutes, no phone no other tasks so take for example, I remember along the way, habang na ginagawa akong task and I am on my first cycle of pomodoro and I remember a particular task that I need to do next what I usually do is to have my notepad with me and then I will just write down so this is actually an example so this morning I was doing my devotion that is actually I am cutting it into 25 every 25 minutes and then alongside I was remembering things that needs to be done for today what I do is actually you can see the things that I actually wrote down here and afterwards after the pomodoro rings what I need to do now is of course to take a break so usually I take a short break so usually around 5 minutes break lang so 5 minutes breaks and then as you can see here every 4 pomodoro or every 4 cycles you have to take longer break so 25 minutes actually that is around so 25 minutes and then 5 minutes 5 minutes break interval so 4 cycles is actually 2 hours already so there are actually still a lot of nitty gritty details when it comes to pomodoro technique but I actually just adopted it not the entire not the nitty gritty stuff that comes along with it but you're not sure that it's already your pomodoro technique what I do again to recap 25 minutes I commit myself 25 minutes po nating ikaw, commit yung sarili natin hindi ko sa relasyon but to that particular task that you want to do so usually I allow 25 minutes to finish something and then take a 5 minute short break and then return back to my and then break and then 25 minutes cycle and then break so usually for a particular task I actually depended kasi sa ginagawa mo so sometimes 3 cycles, 3-4 cycles for you to be able to do that so if you want to learn more about pomodoro technique you can actually search more on the internet or maybe I'll be making one video soon about the different digesting or dissecting each and every techniques that I am sharing to you today so that is for my pomodoro technique time allot I do the pomodoro technique so yun din siguro I'm trying to psych up my mind kasi kung ngisipin ninyong kapag inisip mo agad that I need to study for 2 hours sometimes your mind gets overwhelmed, your body gets overwhelmed, gosh that's too long for me to sit down and plainly study but if you try to divide it into pomodoro cycles 25 minutes 25 minutes 25 minutes you actually are pretty much able to conquer it easier and aside from that you are also giving your brain time to process, to consolidate and integrate everything that is in your mind first thing of integrate that leads me now to the fourth one the second one is active recall third one is time allot and the fourth one is all about organization yes, it's all about organization so what do I mean when it comes to organization I do concept map I do outline and I do integration so sometimes if you see me studying siguro baka isipin nyo ang weird ko masyado when I'm studying because sometimes I tend to shuffle my hair this way so nagugulu talaga siya ng todo but usually what I actually do is to integrate every single thing that I know for that particular topic and everything related to it so that's how I do it so when you say concept map it's like making a map within your mind whether mental or better if you do your physical concept map whereby what I do is to put the main idea in the center and then everything that is connected to it I do it, take for example for atherosclerosis so when you talk about atherosclerosis you talk about the the lipid of the individual so we talk about clinical chemistry if you talk about atherosclerosis you also have to have a background about the anatomy of the heart the myocardium the different layers of your blood vessel so that is anatomy and at the same time that you know the atherosclerosis also involves your immune system because when your mast cell detect the oxidized LDL along the way they will start to signal the entire immune system so that's one migrating your monocyte you also have platest eventually rushing into that and being activated causing your thrombosis which is in hematology and many many other topics alongside so if I'm gonna talk about your atherosclerosis I talk about clinical chemistry anatomy, immunology, hematology and for some I can even talk about histopathologic appearances of your heart after a myocardial infarction so you see once you study something it's not just a rigid system that atherosclerosis ito lang siya you have to integrate what you know from other subjects into that so that is how I process my information as well so I organize it through outlines through integration and concept map and aside from that it's also very true that sometimes you have to make use of those information in real life for example hindi ko makalimutan yung muscle on my extremities because I usually use it everyday so I would always make fun of myself sabihin ko ang laki laki ng gastrocnemius ko and eventually I never forgot that anymore so there's a lot of concepts in medical technology that truly is very hard to remember but once you take a grasp of that information and organize it and integrate it into your learning, into your daily in your daily in your daily system it will be an easier time for you so that is everything when it comes to organization so let me show to you an example so an example of your organization will actually be your concept map so take for example the main thing that is being talked about here is your cell biology and it actually branch out into other many many branches from mitosis, meiosis from apoptosis from imaging technique from the organelle from energy production protein, lipids so on and so forth looks like me, I have a simpler version of my my concept map this one is an example of an outline so right now I'm studying my advanced research for my masters they have all the effects of your expectation and I wrote them down everything and then eventually I also have here what is placebo effect the mechanism of placebo effect the the placebo in my own words because eventually I will be taking my exam and it's an essay and I want to craft my essay according to my own words basing on the things that I already have read along the way so that is how I do my organization so as you can see tabi ko nga kanina, this is the b-bookid formula and these things might work for you or might not work for you because the first time I actually looked was introduced to these things I was the usual common student that actually just write down things and then try to remember try to trust my recollection about things but then when you go to your clinical years and ayon pala ha this is not just applicable to medical technology students this is applicable to every single students and if you want to really get good grades really improve your grades and maybe for you right now your system or your technique that you are doing is no longer working for you maybe it's time to try other else or it's time now to really integrate other techniques and system into your learning process in your learning journey and if actually will improve your grades or improve your performances comment it down below sa ating comment section and actually this is the perfect time because I am filming this video during the ECQ period and there is nothing to lose so you can try this at home you can now practice even before those new school school year starts para pagkatik mo di ba you are no longer just a quiet kid on the side but you will be a quiet kid that will be performing well inside your class so that is the four techniques that I am able to share the first one again is note taking active recall time allotment in the form of Pomodoro technique 41 is organization making concept maps making an outline and making your own integrations within your mind so I'll go now to the very last part and definitely not the last I am actually going to share to you the why the power of why your motivation and your purpose so for most of you yes procrastination maybe is one enemy that is so hard to conquer even I myself have times when I really just want to procrastinate just lie in my bed and do nothing the entire day but then alongside all those four sometimes even if you already have mastered the Cornell note taking system you do your active recall you do your Pomodoro techniques and sometimes you also do your organization your concept maps and outlines but there will still be times whereby you just feel like I don't feel like studying right now I don't feel like doing things right now but then I just want to remind you your WH why why did you first started in the first place why am I doing this again so why did I dream of this and why did I set this as my goal take for example when I was in third year medical technology that was the first clinical year and men the struggle is real really the struggle is real and then after a quiz if I fail a quiz I will usually say to myself bakahin dito para sakin bakahin di talaga ako para dito and those negative thoughts keep keep on coming but then I always have to remind myself as well of my why my purpose which is my motivation on why am I doing this of course aside for my family aside for myself I have actually revised a saying ito may kasabihan tayo na do your best and God will do the rest so that is actually one thing that I believe in when I was in high school elementary but when I was in college I actually try to revise that and it goes like this do your best and offer it to God and that is one of my why the reason one of the purpose why am I doing everything as perfect as possible as good as possible as excellent as possible as bebo as possible because I believe that everything I do is like my offering my sacrifice to the Lord and whatever I do niba whatever I do I will offer it to him and all I want to offer is the best that I can be so I hope that is also true with you na sana makutuna nyo din hanapin and it defined araw araw yung WHY mo yes I mean it araw araw kasi niba there are times when you wake up and you don't want to go to school anymore because baka bumagsak lang ulit ako sa isang quiz bumagsak lang ulit ako sa exam but no you always have to remember your why you always have to remember and for me my reason my motivation, my purpose was of course for my family I also want to do this for myself but above all I want to do it as my offering for my Lord, for my God and I hope that's also the same thing with you and this is actually one thing na hindi naman ito toro sa atin sa school e niba pagdating mo sa school it's just your book that's all about academics but now I hope that I was able to help you hopefully with all these things in finding your why and right now maybe it's time for you to reflect on this one first kasi baka tinatamat ka ngayon kaya ka na sa YouTube or baka kaya tan dito ka kasi wala na, gusto mo ng supuan na but I'm here to remind you that you have to look for your why you have to look for your motivation you have to fight for your motivation and you have to realize the power of why in your life and I just want, before I end I just want to quote Jim Wick which is a brain coach, lagi nang sinasabe niba, lagi nang sinasabe there are 3 H when it comes to learning your head, your heart and your hands and sometimes if one thing is not there and di makokompleto yung sys makokompleto yung circuit so for you to be able to help your brain transform that into a long-term memory your information should always be backed up with emotion have you experienced that na, let me ask you this one question who is your favorite teacher when you were in high school isn't it, you're able to remember it immediately, why because there is an emotion attached to that there is an emotion of joy, excitement kasi makokompleto kaulit ito pa, ito pa, ito pa remember the name of your ex yung ex-boyfriend mo, yung ex-girlfriend mo oh, oh, siya oh di ba, bece matandaan why, because there is emotion attached to that and the same thing with your um, the same thing with everything that you are studying sir naman, di ba paano ko naman bibigin ng emotion yung cerebellum, yung cerebroob yung medala yung yung, yung zygomatic art, di ba yung the zygomatic process to the temp, ganun, ganun, di ba this is the zygomatic art of the temporal book, di ba ganun natin stuff, di ba but how are you gonna include emotions there and the answer is the power of your y and I hope that I was able to help you so that is my bibokid, yaya, the bibokid formula and if you want to see more videos like this so please hit the comment section and do suggest whatever or what other else na mga topics or videos that you want me to make so before I leave okay, pa kakatandaan paulit natin natoy, yes si natoy, o si natoy na mahal na mahal ka okay, to note-taking activity called time-alongment, your organization and of course your work your power and if I just want to impart to you this code that has been my motivation each and every day to strive today and strive tomorrow again, I just want to thank each and every one of you for keeping up with me in this video because this is younger items once again so if you actually did enjoy this video, I hope you like this video, you share it to your classmate this is no longer just for medical technologists, this is for everyone who's studying and of course please do not forget to subscribe to my channel so hit the like button share this video and subscribe and also click the notification bell for you to be able to not be notified for the latest video that I will be uploading so again, thank you so much this has been Jomar Adams and that are my study techniques the people 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