Education

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

Welcome to the third chapter of the book. This section will deal with those classes of our readers who are in immediate need of a memory boost – students. Though the previous chapters are equally helpful for those pursuing any course in education, this chapter is more specific in nature when it comes to proving

It is a fact that your body is directly related to your mental health. Your memory is not going to enhance itself. You are going to have to do it, and one of the proven techniques is to make sure that your body is in prime form. I am not talking about hitting the gym

The power to grow depends upon the need for others and plasticity. Both of these conditions are at their height in childhood and youth. Plasticity or the power to learn from experience means the formation of habits. Habits give control over the environment, and power to utilize it for human purposes. Habits take the form

We have had so far but little to say in this chapter about education. We have been occupied with the conditions and implications of growth. If our conclusions are justified, they carry with them, however, definite educational consequences. When it is said that education is development, everything depends upon how development is conceived. Our net