One of the classic and most common strategies for accelerating learning that’s often taken for granted is note taking. It’s interesting to note that the mere act of taking notes – even if we don’t review the notes afterwards – already increases our learning because doing so involves active listening, focusing attention on the topic, […]

Consider the volume of material you read everyday, whether it’s the daily newspaper, its online version, your favorite magazine or books both physical and electronic. Consider too the number of emails you read everyday and despite that, the number of unread emails sitting around in your inbox, be it personal or work-related. Also, why not

We all know that reading is an imperative for learning in most cases, especially in school. Personally, I’ve learned so much since graduating through reading books and articles. Unlike going to classes at particular hours and having to adjust to the teaching pace, reading books and other materials offer the convenience of being able to

This learning technique, also known as mind mapping, is an creative thinking or outlining method for putting ideas on paper. Compared to simple outlining, idea mapping is much better because for one, it isn’t linear. As such, ideas can organically be mapped and grow because many of them don’t follow a straight line anyway. What

When you walk into any bookshop, you’ll find many self-help books that encourage using mnemonics as a memory improvement technique. Mnemonics is a study technique that utilizes just about anything that can help you remember or recall just about, well, anything. One way of doing this is by assigning images to certain information you want

Often times, we think that learning techniques and strategies are simply all about, well, trying to learn! But as with other important areas of our lives, learning things also have optimal times, which can help accelerate or maximize our learning success if utilized properly. One of the ways to practice this technique is to find

Not to be confused with paraphrasing, which is merely changing a sentence or two into something that’s about the same word content, summarizing is the process of condensing a resource material into fewer number of words. For example, you can summarize a paragraph into one or two sentences only or bring down ten pages worth

As a learning technique, self-explanation was observed to be particularly useful for kindergarten students as well as students who are trying to learn geometric theorems and algebraic formulas. Much like the elaborative technique you learned earlier, much of this technique’s strength lies in its simplicity. This is a learning technique that’s best utilized for learning

Actors have got to be some of the most underestimated bunch of talented people on earth. It’s a common misconception that actors aren’t as intelligent or mentally capable as say, accountants or computer programmers, to say the least. Maybe its because what they do seems to be too easy in contrast to the amount of

Welcome to the fourth and the final section on memory. You have learned everything there is to know about memory enhancement. You are now equipped to excel at your studies. You are less likely to forget why you came all the way to the kitchen to open the fridge door. You are technically well versed