Learning
How do you tailor your studying to the way that your brain prefers to process information?Knowing how makes life easier and learning more fun.Do you know what sort of a learner you are? Do you understand how you already process, store and retrieve information in your day-to-day life?When you sit [...]
Memory
Want to know how to make notes your brain will remember? We all know we need to make notes when we revise, don’t we? But does everyone know the best sort of notes to make? Probably not. Make these mistakes and more than likely, your brain will forget what you’re [...]
Learning
Is there a right or wrong time to study difficult information?Do you find sometimes that despite your best efforts, something you're trying to learn just simply will not go into your head?It's the same for all of us. The cause might be because it’s less familiar information or a more [...]
Learning
Except for those who aren’t! We Human beings have a lot in common, and yet there are so many differences too, especially when it comes to trying to remember something. We process information differently. We store and we retrieve information differently. And thank goodness for that! It would make for a [...]
Learning
I’m often asked how I can help people pass their Diploma and Chartered Finance and Insurance exams, and usually by people who have failed the same exam more than once, and who are feeling as though no matter how hard they work none of it makes any difference. We are [...]
Studying Techniques
When it comes to making study notes, less is more. Ever noticed how hard it is to retain information if it’s coming at you too fast to absorb it? It’s as if it’s ‘not going in’ your brain to start with, and if it ain’t in there, you’re hardly going [...]
Learning
“What is a study schedule?”, I hear you ask! A study schedule is a plan of attack to maximise the effectiveness of the time you’ve set aside to revise. Why do you need it? Have you got time to waste? Are you studying for the sheer fun of it? Or [...]
Brain, Memory
You’ve heard me say a number of times, it’s no good expecting the material you need to learn to enter your head of its own accord, settle down into your memory banks and await your recall. You’ve got to actively manipulate the information in whatever way is appropriate for you, [...]
Studying Techniques
Did you know that most people do one of two things when it comes to revision – even though neither works! Which do you do? Strategy #1 Copying, word for word the content of your manual. Some people write down every word for fear of missing something important. Oh dear! [...]
Learning
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 [...]
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