Working Memory Is a Hindrance to Learning

When learning something, if the subject material is unfamiliar then it is more difficult to learn, because you need to keep it in memory. And human memory is limited.

That’s why Chunking is a good strategy.

Some other strategies to deal with this are -

1. Get the information out of your memory, by writing it down somewhere - paper, your notes, whatever
2. Familiarity with the material matters. So try chunking.

Read this first in Inside the Box.