SteelMaiden wrote:
I am mainly a pattern thinker, although I am a bit visual too.
Can anyone suggest revision techniques that I could use this skill well with?
Also I struggle to make lots of notes in lectures due to dyspraxia - can anyone suggest methods that I could use to make notes, also using my pattern thinking skill?
If it helps, I am known for my great memory for train maps / things like the periodic table (I can memorise a train map by looking at it for 15 minutes) and strings of numbers (ie 400 decimal places of pi).
I am a pattern thinker but I think in visual patterns in my head. Something that I found unusual is that I can't really hold numbers in my head. They often come out scrabbled when I do convert them visually, mentally, and then to paper. Dyscalculia does run in my family even though I have never been tested. I mentioned it during my Autism Spectrum Disorder testing but they just assumed it was due to autism. Anyways, sorry about that I rambled. Oh, I also excel in programing, programing theory, and music theory for some reason. I can fully remember and understand basic numbers on a musical level. Weird I know. Ugh, ok what I am trying to say is that what worked for me with note taking is writing is in my own way. You say you are amazing with numbers? Write it down in a number format. For example when I took notes in college it was all in a programming format. When I learned medical coding and billing it was all in a programming format. For example I wrote things in if and else statements. I would suggest trying it in a mathematical formula that you are familiar with.
Example:
If inpatient death add death note 55 else no mod reqiured.
I even sometimes write my notes like this;
#if {death} [mod 55] [nothing]
which is exactly what i just said but in cscript (was zscript) which is a scripting language I used since I was 14.
I hope that helps.
11 Jan 2014, 9:28 am
