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Inter what now? Don't be put off by the

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fancy name. All this really means is that

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if you study a couple of things, at once

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you'll learn more. Let me explain,

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imagine you're learning geography and

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you have three topics: rivers, droughts,

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and pollution. You might think that it

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would be best to study everything in

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rivers, making sure you know it really

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well before moving on. It just makes

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sense. Better to focus on one topic and

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get really good at it, then tackle the

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next topic. But, it turns out this is

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wrong. Remember when we talked about the

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pathways in the brain, you want to build

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the strongest path possible so that it

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lasts as long as possible. It feels like

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going over it lots in one go will be

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the best way to do this, but actually

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research shows that this isn't the case.

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In order to build a good path you have

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to make the most effort. In the brain,

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effort means working hard. If you study

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rivers, droughts, and earthquakes all at

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the same time, your brain has to jump

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between three different topics. That's a

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lot harder than just staying with one, so

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your brain puts in a lot more effort and

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you will learn the three topics much

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better.

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Fair warning, it will feel more difficult

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than studying one topic at a time. But

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know that all that effort is growing

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your brain and your learning will

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jumpstart.