TIPS: 5-5 minutes Activity Successful for Smart Autonomous Learners

Since education is a life-long learning, learning technique has been playing as a more important role in the students' academic life. Actually, there are hundreds of techniques which some smart students has been using to cope with the tons of work they have had during their academic year. It is undeniable that to study hard is a ideally fossilized way to become a successful learners; however, it is not the only way.

5-5 minutes activity is the best option for the students who are not able to manage their tight learning schedule. Before delving into the advantages of 5-5 minutes technique, we should figure out what 5-5 minutes activity is. 5-5 minutes activity refers to 5 minutes before the class and 5 minutes after the class. Actually, some students come into the class and sit down in their lovely chairs while they do not have any clues towards the notions why they are in the classroom, what they have done during previous lesson, and what the next steps are. Therefore, before the new lesson starts, the students should spend 5 minutes to review what they did in the class during the previous lesson. They should ask themselves what the topic or the previous lesson is about. Also, they should check their notebooks and find out what they have learned so far. This first part of the technique has a pushing power to recall the memory of the learners in order for them to start a new lesson. Actually, it can help the learners to copy the information in the short memory which is then transferred to the long memory if they have more commitment in reviewing the lesson they have learned.

Additionally, the second part of 5-5 minutes technique is about students' reviewing the recent lesson they have just learned which is meant that the students should wisely spend their five more minutes after the class to ask themselves about what they have learned. The technique can be used to assist the students to gain the awareness of the objectives they might have achieved after they attained the lesson. It is just a like a check-list which is vital for students to spot clearly where they are now on the map of learning objectives. More than that, this second part of the technique provides a path for the students to discover more lesson-related-things to fulfill the part that they do not fully understand. This also will increase the autonomous learning style of the smart learners.

In contrast, to ensure the successful implementation of the 5-5 minutes technique, a professional teacher with high motivation and teaching skills is needed due to the fact that the learners usually need someone to guide their ways. It means that the teacher should be aware that the 5-5 minutes technique is not only useful for the students but also the teachers themselves. Thus, the teacher should use this technique in the class in a huge purpose to assess the students' level of the understanding and acquiring the knowledge shared by their teachers, and to initiate the basis of learning autonomy for the students who have a query of which learning technique they can trust and follow: study hard or study smart?

I hope this technique is useful for both teachers and students who are new to learning autonomy. the people's learning commitment is the last ingredient that helps the 5-5 technique activity works smoothly and effectively.