Emotional intelligence, Studying Techniques
It's important to manage your study sessions carefully. Make sure you're well organised, that you have everything that you need. Record your progress so that you know where you are. It also feels good when you can see that you're winning.Divide everything that you've got to learn into small chunks. [...]
Health, Learning
It’s early days, but it just might be that sleeping late in the morning is the ideal way to get better grades in your exams! If you’ve ever woken up grumpy and confused, you won’t be surprised that David Dinges of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia concluded from his [...]
Memory
Cast your mind back to the last time that you were introduced to somebody whose name you realised immediately afterwards you couldn’t remember. On the other hand, think of a time when you were introduced to somebody you were very interested in. You had no problem remembering their name did [...]
Brain, Health
What do nuns at the convent of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in on Good Counsel Hill in Mankato Minnesota teach us about keeping your brain alive and healthy and using it efficiently to get better grades in your Diploma in Financial Planning ? Alzheimer’s expert David Snowden of [...]
Learning
Well, it’s certainly one way, but is it the best way? Pros It doesn’t take as long. It feels like you’re being really efficient. You find out which caffeinated drinks keep you going longest! You get to notice all the other things that need doing first, such as tidying your [...]
Brain
Photo by Mary (Mayr) from Southern California Evidence has arrived from the University of Northumbria in Newcastle that people who chew gum throughout tests of both long-term and short-term memory got much better scores than people who didn’t! 75 adults were bombarded by 20 min of memory and attention tests. [...]
Learning
Do you get better grades by using an effective revision strategy, or are you one of those people who doesn’t start working until a looming deadline frightens you to death? You probably know that I taught 20 years in mainstream schools in England. Whenever homework was due to be handed [...]
Brain
Did you know, most people when they revise, make one of two mistakes. Either they do what I used to do when I was at school, and begin well – making revision notes – but very quickly default to writing out word for word everything in the textbook in case [...]
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