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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That really made my day, just love this - especially the sentence at the bottom. 🙏
Simple Trick For Calculating Percentage
I had this realization on my own. I’m crap at maths, it was the best feeling!
I have always been very good at maths but never realised this, why do they not teach this at school?
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I usually think of what 10% would be and then multiply it in my head. So 30% off an $80 dress would be 10% (8) x 3 = $24 off. Weird how our brains all come up with our own math coping mechanisms.
I will forever bet at a loss when it comes to numbers. Waaaaay back in elementary school, they began teaching time (round clock face) and coins (making change). For the life of me I could not figure out how 15 after could also be a quarter after, especially since a quarter was always 25, not 15. My poor brain cells for numbers were nuked out of my head. It’s been empty ever since
I feel for the scientist but honestly, it's the way of explanation. Many people were taught what I call the wrong way to learn how to use numbers. Simplified (which this is) with an example that is also very simple is the best way. The old math textbooks were written ....poorly.
So, to figure an 18% tip on a $73.56 restaurant bill, you could just calculate 73.56% of $18. Wow, much easier.
$73.56 x .18=$13.24. Flip it and modify slightly to get 18 x .75 =$13.50. The latter equation was done in my head and the difference of 26 cents really doesn't seem like that big a deal to me.
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I love it! I'm 65 and could have used this all my life. Why wasn't this simple factoid taught in school?
quick, what's 5% of 66? ok. Now, whats 66% of 5? This only works for numbers that are easy to do anyway.
ugh 7% means 7/100 .... 7% from 50 literally means 7/100*50 .... which equals (7*50)/100 .... always, you just multiple % number with what u calculating percent of and divide it by 100
Thank you for this! Anyone shouting "why do they not teach this at school?!" simply did not pay attention or never realized that percentages are simple multiplications. Multiplication gets taught in 2nd grade and percentages 4th.
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Or why do we have to take 30% off say $20, just to have to subtract that to get total when you can just do 70% of $20 and you already have the answer in the first calculation. 46 and figured that out last week.
Everyone says they were never taught this. They were, extrapolate PEDMAS. Jesus people common sense.
Let's be honest, that's simple maths commutative property of multiplication "The order of factors does not alter the product" 7% of 50 = 50% of 7 is the same as: (7 * 50)/100 = (50 * 7)/100
This is amazing to know !!! Not that I need help with math, my husband's parents were both math teachers and the apple did not fall far from the tree. If all else fails, I have a calculator everywhere I go !!!!! lol
I didn't know this one, hoping I remember it when I need it. I do remember trying to explain that if you wanted to work out how much of the price of an item was without VAT, which was 17.5% at the time, taking 17.5% off the price would not tell you the original cost. They never did get it.
I realized that I am total crap at things like algebra and calculus and failed them totally. But i am really food at Aristotelian logic, nursing math, geometry, and basic maths. Screw algebra, because i have never ever used it in life after taking it and failing it in school!
This will make my life so much easier and why on earth hadn't I figured it out myself!
This is not mathematics! It is sorcery of the darkest arts! Go hence from me Demon of 4th Hour Math Class, and Keeper of the Hidden Identity of the X and of the Y, who is called: He Who Carries the ONE!
Oh my! I’m good at maths, but never knew this - this has made calculations so musch easier!
Uh. Ok. I still can’t do the math. Dyscalculia. I’ve only gotten to be able to do basic math in my head at age 45. I also still make monstrous mistakes because my brain transposes numbers and digits and whatnot. I can’t see it happening and only discover my mistakes after the fact when I get a number that makes no sense or I accidentally notice I used the wrong source numbers. Doing my finances is a PITA and stresses me out, even with calculator and spreadsheet. Not being able to SEE the correct info is a problem I can’t turn off and can’t see when it’s happening. I constantly triple and quadruple check myself but it only helps a little bit. Neurological disability sucks.
I had no idea. I do have my own method, which gets me close, but it takes 2 to 4 mental steps. This is way easier.
I figured out why this is true, for anyone who wants to see it as a forumla: to calculate the n% of a number y, it would look like: (n/100) * y, however, this same expression is the same as (n*y)/100, or (y/100) * n. The last one, (y/100) * n, is the equivalent formula! e.g. 4% of 75 means n=4, y=75, hence (y/100)*n is true, so you can do 75% of 4. :)
Do they not teach reciprocity any longer? I learned that back in 5th grade...
7% of 50 is equal 50 x ( 7 / 100 ) or 50 x 0.07. How can you not know it as a scientist who's working with numbers? PS: I a m really bad at math
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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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...
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👍🏻
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👍🏻
