Memory

How to remember what you’ve learned

If you’ve been reading my previous articles you’ll already know how to remember what you’ve learned, and will also be familiar with the 3rd Key to Learning: Test. If this is news to you, then read on… You need to keep testing yourself on each chunk of new information you [...]

Emotional intelligence, Learning

How organised and methodical are you?

How organised and methodical are you in your revision? Do you know what topics you’ve already learnt and what topics you need to focus on next? Are you keeping a record of what you need to test yourself on, and when, so that you retain the information you’ve learnt? If you’ve [...]

Studying Techniques

Three things you can do for better revision

1. Chunk! We tend to remember information, without making any extra effort, if it is presented in small chunks. Think about anything that you have attempted to learn, whether for your exams or for any other aspect of your life, and you'll know that this is true. It's also true [...]

Learning

7 Tips for successful revision

1. Spend enough time with the information for your brain to make a pattern of it. 2. Make your notes in a form your brain likes, so it can see the patterns and relationships. 3. Revisit your revision according to the Learning Cycle. 4. Split your revision into short chunks. [...]

Learning

How to get 10% more in your exam, without trying

We all know by now at the most important thing about studying, is going back to the information you've learnt and checking you still know it.Many of us also know about the Learning Cycle and so, if we've set ourselves up with sufficient time to revise before an exam, we [...]

Studying Techniques

Pay attention if you want Chartered exam success!

Anything that goes into your brain is likely to disappear again unless you pay attention to it in such a way that your brain gets the idea that it’s important to remember it. Now, of course it’s important for you to pass your Chartered  exams, but in the grand scheme [...]

Studying Techniques

Keep tabs on your progress and you’ll remember more

You need to keep tabs on all the chunks of information that you’re revising. You’ll need to know where you are in the Learning Cycle sequence for each of them so that you can keep on top of your revision and nothing falls by the wayside. If you were to [...]