Whole brain super learning ability

Chapter 24 The Charm of Note-taking (3)
Make your flashcards
The advantage of using a notebook to take notes is that the materials are all concentrated in one notebook, which is easy to carry; the disadvantage is that the position of the recorded information in the notebook is relatively fixed, and it is not easy to organize, that is, it is not convenient to adjust, add and delete the data , because you can't change it a few times on a page and it will be a mess.

Cards - as a form of loose-leaf paper, its characteristic is that it is "live", and it is completely subject to your management without any restrictions.It can not only maintain the advantages of taking notes in notebooks, but also make up for the "inflexibility" of notebooks, which is convenient for sorting, categorizing, and checking and saving materials in the future.In particular, you can easily modify or supplement the content at any time. If the paper is not clear, you can change to another card at any time and copy it again.Moreover, you can adjust the sorting of these cards arbitrarily, or make a combination of various categories according to your needs, that is, make a certain topic card.

After accumulating reading cards, your information will continue to be enriched. On this basis, if you summarize and summarize, you will get a lot of valuable and meaningful things.

We've all seen cards, like the catalog cards you see when you go to the library to check out a book.The size of the cards is very regular (usually 12cm × 5cm), and these cards look neat when put together.Moreover, each card is clearly classified and numbered, making it easy for you to retrieve the information you need.

As a reading card, its form is basically the same as that of a catalog card, and its function is roughly the same.After reading a book or an article, if you want to transcribe its central idea or wonderful paragraphs and words for future reference, you can use reading cards.And every reading card you make should learn the appearance of the library catalog card, so that the size is neat, the handwriting is clear, and the arrangement is orderly.

A reading card looks roughly like this:

Code: yw.mj.chxqd.058
Contents:

... "The Old Testament" (King James Version, 39 volumes in total) was written from the 1st century BC to the century BC. It was originally written almost entirely in Hebrew, with some places in Arabic. It is the language of the people of Israel. Ethnographic literature has grown in content since the period after Israel ceased to be an independent state. The New Testament (King James Version, 27 volumes) was written in Greek between about AD 40 and 1500.It contains the earliest surviving documents on the life, teaching, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus; the testimonies of the apostles and the founding of Christianity.

Source: Mona Bisset, God's Chosen People, Biblical Wisdom, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1943st Edition, May 5, P1
Here's how to make reading cards.

If you want to do a good job of learning cards, you must have certain rules or requirements. The purpose is to make the content of the reading cards clear, and at the same time facilitate a large number of management, so that you can quickly find which card you want to use.It's like you put many kinds of goods into the warehouse, and you have to store them according to certain "rules". Otherwise, they will be piled up in a disorderly manner, which saves trouble when you put them in, but you don't know what kind of things are placed in which position when you want to take them out. It can't be taken out. Although there are in the warehouse, what's the use?
Reading cards are similar to library catalog cards.Catalog cards can be divided into classification catalog, book title catalog, catalog, subject catalog and so on according to different book retrieval methods.

The taxonomy is organized according to the rules of the Book Taxonomy.The catalog of titles is arranged according to the alphabetical order or stroke shape of the first word of the title.The author list is arranged according to the alphabetical order or stroke stroke of the author's surname.When you go to the library to borrow books, you can find the books you need according to the above catalog rules, that is, according to the author's name, or according to the title of the book, or according to the classification of the content of the book.

Of course, your reading cards don't have to be as complicated as library catalog cards, as long as they are practical.The following introduces a rule for cataloging reading cards, which includes the following contents:
1. Card encoding
The main task of coding the reading card is to give the reading card you make a name. You can recognize what the card belongs to and what the content is about by looking at the "name".

Encoding, whose priority criteria are:
door → class → article → number

That is to say, when coding, it should be carried out in this order, that is: first arrange the door, then arrange the category, then arrange the bar, and finally arrange the number.All cards should maintain such a consistent standard and not be confused.Take the code of the sample card above as an example, "yw.mj.chxqd.058" cannot be coded as "mj.yw.chxqd.058" or "yw.chxqd.mj.058".

The coding basis and process of the door, category, article and number are as follows:

·Separate
Take your several courses, it can be biology (biology), French (french), anthropology (humaics), geography (geography), mathematics (math), history (history) and so on.

·Category
Each of the above subjects can be further classified in detail, such as French, which can be further classified into words, highlights, excellent examples, fables, famous sentences, etc.

· Columns
Each category can be divided into several items, such as famous sentences, which can be subdivided into scenery of heaven and earth, spring, summer, autumn and winter, biology, appearance and heart, emotion and will, talent and morality, friendship and social interaction, family and life, literature and art etc.When making each reading card specifically, each item can occupy a separate card. If the content is longer and the text is more, of course, it can occupy more than one card.

·serial number
You can number each card under the door, category, and bar in order to count the number of reading cards you have made.The numbers are generally arranged in ascending order according to the numbers.

For the sample card above:

The code "FL. FW. SSAW. 058" means: French Gate · Famous Sentences · Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Articles · No. 58.

2. Sorting of cards
After each card you make is coded, put it in your card box.At this time, you have to place them according to certain rules, and this "rule" is sorting.

Sorting means that you arrange the reading cards you have made in a certain order.In fact, it is mainly to sort the codes of each card.

The priority of sorting is still: door-category-article-number.That is to say, first look at which door this card belongs to, and then find the corresponding door; then look at which category it belongs to, find the corresponding category; Put it where it should be (generally the latest card is placed at the end, if it is a re-modified card, put it back to its original position).

When it comes to a certain category or category or article, its sequence is generally determined according to the following rules.

·A according to the alphabetical order

The sequence of letters, that is, the sequence of 26 letters: a, b, c...z.

Generally, the first letter of the name of the door, class or article is used to judge. If the first letter is the same, then look at the second letter, and so on.

When sorting biology (biology), French (french), anthropology (humaics), geography (geography), mathematics (math), history (history), the order of the cards should be in accordance with B→F→G→ The sequence of H→M is: Biology→French→Geography→Anthropology or History→Mathematics.

You have already found that the first letter of anthropology and history is the same, both are H, so you need to look at the second letter, because i is in front of u, so history should be in front of anthropology .The sequence of the six courses is determined at this time, namely: Biology→French→Geography→History→Anthropology→Mathematics.

After the order of "door" is determined, the order of "category" and "article" can be determined according to the above method. The sorting of "number" is simple, just according to the size of the number.

If you are using other encoding methods when sorting, the above-mentioned rules for sorting pinyin letters still apply when sorting.

·B according to the number of strokes.

The number of strokes refers to the number of letters in the name of the above-mentioned door, class, and bar (or other methods of encoding).

Such as the following courses (number of letters after brackets):

生物(biology)7、法语(french)6、人类学(humaics)6、地理(geography)9、数学(math)4、历史(history)7
They are ordered as:

数学(math)4、法语(french)6或人类学(humaics)6、生物(biology)7或历史(history)7、地理(geography)9。

It can be seen that the number of letters in "French" and "Anthropology" is equal, and the sorting can be determined according to the order of the letters, and so on.

3. Source

The source is to indicate the source of the content of the reading card you made: author name, article title or book title, newspaper name and issue number, publisher name and edition, page number, etc.

As in the sample card above, "Mona Bisset, God's Chosen People, Biblical Wisdom, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1943st Edition, May 5, P1."

The function of indicating the source of the content of the card notes is that it will be convenient for you to check the quotation with the original text in the future, or guide you to refer to the richer and more specific content of the original text quoted.

After understanding the important role of reading cards, let's take a look at several forms of reading cards.

1. Data card

Data-type cards are to pay attention to collecting information you think is useful when reading, record it and concentrate it on the card.

2. Excerpt card

Excerpt-type reading cards are the most common, and they are also standard-type reading cards.

3. Summary card

A summary card is a summary of the content of an article, or a reading summary of the content of the entire book.You can write the date the card was made on the bottom of these summary cards.Perhaps, when you re-read this book in the future, you will feel differently and have a different summary.The cards made by myself are aimed at the same book, but the content has changed, which is also a way to improve.

4. Thematic cards

A special topic is a special study on a certain problem.Thematic cards mean that you collect several views and opinions on the same issue in several books, and then concentrate them on one card or multiple cards for future reference in research.

The above-mentioned rules for making reading cards indicate that when you are making reading cards, you need to classify them into different categories. The purpose is to standardize the form of each card.

The quality of card content is the key to making reading cards, but poor management will also prevent your reading cards from playing their due role.

Once the reading cards are ready, everything is not going well, and you must manage all your reading cards well.Otherwise, you will randomly put a lot of cards into the drawer, and it will take a lot of time to find which one you want to use in the future.

Cards should be well managed, and the main task is to place them in a regular manner.

1. Classification

Gates, Classes, Bars, Numbers, and Encodings have already been covered in the rules about cards above.Now, please arrange all the cards you have made like this: sort by code.

For example, all "French" together, all "native" together.Next, all the "famous sentences" in "French" are put together, and all the "spring, summer, autumn and winter" are put together... And according to the alphabetical order, the "spring, summer, autumn and winter" (SSAW) category will be placed in the "famous sentences" (FW) behind the class.Other content and so on.

2. Contents and Index
Just like cataloging and indexing the contents of the notebook, it is still necessary to catalog and index the reading cards, and their methods are basically the same.In this way, you can always count what reading cards you own and how many there are.

Of course, when you don't have a lot of reading cards, the table of contents and index hardly seem to be of much use; but as your reading card categories continue to be subdivided and the entries continue to increase, your cards will be tens of thousands. At this time, if you want to consult a specific one, if there is no catalog and index, it will take a lot of effort.Then, also learn to start cataloging and indexing, just like you bring a map or ask a tour guide when you travel.

3. Ready to use

When you're done with a reading card, be sure to put it back in its place.Don't misplace it, or even lose it, and it will be troublesome to do it again.Don't misplace it so carelessly, it will be much more troublesome to find it later.

When modifying, adding, or deleting a certain reading card, you must also be meticulous, and you must not smear it indiscriminately, so that the handwriting cannot be read clearly, which will be a problem in future use.If a card has been messed up after several revisions, it must be copied again and put back in place in time.

When you are adjusting the reading cards, you should also complete them in one go, and don't leave them halfway.A box of reading cards arranged in chaotic order is like an unorganized and disciplined class group, a mess, how can it play a role?
(End of this chapter)