40 ‘Cool Guides’ People Shared On This Group That Contain Information They Don’t Teach At School (New Pics)
Whether we're talking about politics or the animal kingdom, learning something new can require a fair amount of time and effort. Luckily, we don't always have to read lengthy scientific papers. Some people do it for us. And not only that — they narrow down everything to a few bullet points and illustrate them to help our minds remember.
And if you want a place that stores these effective tools, look no further than the subreddit r/CoolGuides. As the name suggests, it collects picture-based reference guides for pretty much anything and everything.
"If it seems like something someone might print, physically post, and reference then it is a good link for this sub," its moderators write in its 'About' section.
Continue scrolling to check out some recent posts that garnered a lot of attention within this online community and if you find yourself hooked, fire up Bored Panda's earlier publication on it too.
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Dana Jandhyala, who has had a long career as an educator where she has taught in different schools and institutes, believes that visuals hold more appeal than plain text to curious and intuitive minds.
"Till date, several studies have been conducted which prove the power of visual aids in eLearning," she wrote. "And there are some interesting results drawn from them. Such as, learners respond to visual information faster as compared to text-only materials. Also, visuals help improve learning tremendously and on multiple levels. Hence, around 65% of the population comprises visual learners."
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Jandhyala said there are several advantages of visual aids:
They help store information longer. "Images are the simplest and the most effective way to make sure that the information gets stored as long-term memory. As per Dr. Lynell Burmark, an education consultant, our short term memory processes words and can only retain about seven bits of information. Whereas, images are directly processed by our long-term memory, where they get indelibly etched."
They make communication quicker and simpler. "Information listed in bullets is no doubt simpler to process. But, that same information in the form of an image or a video is processed even more quickly."
As per the Visual Teaching Alliance:
- Of all the information transmitted to the brain, 90% is visual;
- As opposed to text, visuals are processed 60,000x faster;
- Humans are capable of getting the sense of a visual scene in less than 1/10th of a second;
- 40% of nerve fibers are linked to the retina;
- Our brain can see images that last for only 13 milliseconds;
- The human eye can register 36,000 visual messages every hour;
- Hence, the eLearning programs which incorporate suitable visuals gain a higher preference over.
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Visuals aid better comprehension. "They help learners grasp concepts easily by stimulating imagination and affecting their cognitive capabilities. Besides, the visual language is also known to have the potential to stretch 'human bandwidth' – which comprises absorbing, comprehending and analyzing new information."
Visuals act as stimulators for emotions. "Emotions and visual information are processed in the same part of the human brain. Visual stimuli and emotional response are linked in a simple way and these two together generate what we call memories. Hence, powerful images and visual metaphors create strong impressions and lasting memories in learners."
They drive motivation. "Most of the students struggle with some of their subjects because they find them uninteresting and hence lack the motivation to put in the required efforts. Visuals are the best bet in such scenarios. Captivating images, engaging videos, interesting infographics, etc. help learners fight the boredom and motivate them to do better."
So it very well might be that the things you'll learn from these guides will stay with you. At least for a little while.
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They should have included weenus, the extra skin on elbows. It's good for teasing kids, "Careful! I can see your weenus!"
i always thought the little plastic thing in pizza boxes was called a pizza table...
This is absolutely acceptable and cute! I wish we got those here, they could make great dolly tables! But on the other hand, not having them means less plastic 🤷♀️ the pizza box style here is different I guess, or something like that, as we don't have much of a 'toppings stuck to lid' issue. But I want some of those, it's be a great part of a project like a miniature cafe in a box
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I see why teachers just remind students to dot their i's and j's. Imagine telling a room full of middle school boys to remember their tittles?
They might find it titillating...I'll go now 😅
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Well that rules out the philtrum then! (The vertical groove running down from your columella nasi to your upper lip 😉)
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Why is 'overmorrow' an unusual word in english? In dutch we use 'overmorgen'=overmorrow. we never say "the day after tomorrow'
Er, because we never use it. Why it fell into disuse, I don't know, as it's quite a useful concept and would have changed the title of at least one film!
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I knew number 3 because I watched the Aglet episode of Phineas and Ferb
Also when you look or stare into the darkness of your ceiling at night and suddenly see what looks like stars, those reaction figures are due to overstimulating your eyes and are called zenocroids. The rumble in the stomach is also referred to as borborgymus. Dysania is also known by the German word Betteschwere.
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I love 19, it tells you what’s going to follow that sick feeling in the stomach… Crap!
Love them! I had come across three of them (petricho, tines and aglet) but I love crapulence! that word has been dearly missed from my life.
I knew #2 and only because I came across it in a book I was reading a couple of weeks ago. I almost immediately forgot the actual term, but at least I knew there is a term for the smell of the rain and I figured that if I ever needed to refer to it someplace, I'd google it. The odds are great that I'll forget Petrichor in a few minutes again (I had to look it up writing this). That said, I'll try to use "overmorrow" as soon as I can, just to show everyone else what kind of obnoxious ass I am.
Well, I knew several of those, didn't know others and some I'm going to have to look up just to see if they were having me on.
I didn't know there was a word for hating to get out of bed. I definitely have dysania!
Fine, but what the name of the mucus on the inside of lips when you wake up?
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Note: this post originally had 87 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
Bored Panda is just a content aggregator to generate ad impressions. They didn’t create any of these.
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Interesting and informative, but these are not the things you learn in school.
Maybe not anymore. I learned all that proofreading stuff in grade school. The music thing is annoying but I guarantee they teach it in some Montessori school somewhere...
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These are helpful!! I'd enjoy more content like this. Thanks for this one!!
See,you don't need a shittoker with 80% of the picture covered with face to explain it to you.Great content bp👍🏻
Bored Panda is just a content aggregator to generate ad impressions. They didn’t create any of these.
Load More Replies... Interesting and informative, but these are not the things you learn in school.
Maybe not anymore. I learned all that proofreading stuff in grade school. The music thing is annoying but I guarantee they teach it in some Montessori school somewhere...
Load More Replies... These are helpful!! I'd enjoy more content like this. Thanks for this one!!
See,you don't need a shittoker with 80% of the picture covered with face to explain it to you.Great content bp👍🏻
