how can i improve my studies?

Answer 1

L E A R N I N G S K I L L S

Thorndike’s Laws of Learning

• Law of Readiness: People learn best when they are ready to learn.

• Law of Exercise: People can enhance their memory through repeti-tion, based on drill and practice. Those things repeated are best remembered.

• Law of Effect: Learning is strengthened when it is accompanied with a pleasant or nonthreatening situation or environment but is decreased when associated with an unpleasant situation or envi-ronment.

• Law of Primacy: First impressions are often strong, almost unshak-able. Things learned first stay with us longer.

• Law of Intensity: Learners learn more from doing the real thing than a substitute.

• Law of Recency: This law basically means, all things being equal, things most recently learned are best remembered.


The Five Truths of Learning

1. It is OK to make mistakes.

2. Everyone learns in her own unique way and according to her own clock.

3. It is intelligent to ask for help. No one has to do it alone.

4. We can do more and learn more when we are willing to take risks.

5. Everyone needs to think and learn.

20 MEMORY TECHNIQUES

Experiment with the following techniques to make a flexible, custom-made memory system that fits your learning style. The 20 techniques are divided into four categories, each of which represents a general principle for improving memory.

1. Organize it. Organized information is easy to find.

2. Use your body. Learning is an active process; get all your senses involved.

3. Use your brain. Work with your memory, not against it.

4. Recall it. This is easier when you use the other principles to store information.
The first three categories (1 - 16 techniques) are about storing information effectively.

Most memory battles are won or lost here. ORGANIZE IT

1. Learn from the general to the specific.
• Look at the big picture: Use surveying, reconnaissance, and skimming techniques.
• If you’re lost, step back and look at the big picture.

2. Make it meaningful.
• Know what you want from your education, then look for connections between
what you want and what you are studying.

3. Create associations.
• When you introduce new information, you can recall it more effectively if you
store it near similar or related information.
USE YOUR BODY

4. Learn it once, actively.
• Action is a great memory enhancer.

5. Relax.
• When we’re more relaxed, we absorb new information quicker and recall it with greater accuracy.

6. Create pictures.
• Relationships within and among abstract concepts can be “seen” and recalled
easily when they are visualized.

7. Recite and repeat.
• When you repeat something out loud, you anchor the concept in two different senses.
First, you’re saying it, and secondly, you’re hearing it.

8. Write it down.
• Writing a note to yourself helps you remember an idea, even if you never look at the note again.
USE YOUR BRAIN

9. Reduce interference.
• Find a quiet place that is free from distraction.

10. Use daylight.
• Many people can concentrate better during the day.

11. Over learn.
• One way to fight mental fuzziness is to learn more than you intended.

12. Escape the short-term memory trap.
• Short-term memory can decay after a few minutes and it rarely lasts more than
several hours. A short review within minutes or hours of a study session can move material from short-term memory to long-term memory.

13. Distribute learning.
• You can get more done when you take regular breaks, and you can use them as
mini-rewards.
• When you are engrossed in a textbook and cannot put it down, when you are
consumed by an idea for a paper and cannot think of anything else—keep going.

14. Be aware of attitudes.
• All of us can forget information that contradicts our opinions.
• One way to befriend a self-defeating attitude about a subject is to relate it to
something you are interested in.
• We remember what we find interesting. If you think a subject is boring, remember, everything is related to everything else. Look for the connections.

15. Choose what not to store in memory.
• Decide what’s important to remember and what is not. Focus on the key elements of the concept.

16. Combine memory techniques.
• All of these memory techniques work even better in combination with each other.
RECALL IT

17. Remember something else.
• When you are stuck and can’t remember something you know you know,
remember something else that is related to it.
• Information is stored in the same area of the brain as similar information.
Your can unblock your recall by stimulating that area of your memory.
• A brainstorming session is a good memory jogger.

18. Notice when you do remember.
• To develop your memory, notice when you recall information easily and ask yourself what memory techniques you’re using naturally.

19. Use it before you lose it.
• Even information stored in long-term memory becomes difficult to recall
if we don’t use it regularly.
• Read it, write it, speak it, listen to it, apply it—find some way to make contact
with the information regularly.

20. And, remember, you never forgot.
• Adopt the attitude that says: “I never forget anything. I may have difficulty recalling something from my memory, but I never really forget it. All I have to do is find where I stored it.”
• You can say “I don’t recall it right now”—not “I don’t remember.”

Answer 2

1> First and foremost point is "Love ur subjects".
2> If u have good concentration, then try to study alone, in a calm place . See to that u dont get disturbed.
If u find it dificult to concentrate, try studying with someone who is better than u in studies and who makes u enjoy studying. but try to start studying on ur own as time goes and u r much more confident doing it .
3> attend all the classes, ensure that u have understood the topics by asking questions and clear the doubts with lecturers...
4> spend some time for ur hobbies
5> Being "positive about urself" always paysoff. Always think that u can study well and put in ur best efforts...

Answer 3

1.If you are having any difficulties with even a fraction of the work, take advantage of your teachers' office and study hours.

2. Follow the syllabus and know what's going to be covered before each class.

3.Take notes in different colors.

4.Ask your teacher what's going to be on the next test and study at least 3-5 days prior to the test. You NEVER want to wait until the last minute to study.

5. Before a test, make study cards. Study those cards until you know them backwards and forwards.

6.And just for fun, eat peanut butter when you're studying. A lot of people don't this but peanut butter is brain food.

Oh yeah, and no music (unless it's classical) and no tv while doing homework or studying.

Answer 4

First reward yourself for asking the important question.. Go out on the town or with some friends and think about how much you enjoy being with them.. Then, think about trying to do that without money or a career..

The way I used to approach studying is by thinking how it might apply to my life or my potential career. Don't know what you wanna do? Thats okay? Just pretend or imagine that the act of studying itself is a job responsibility.. Get cranked on the success of your grades as if it were a financial reward.. (Someday it will be)

Try to imagine how everyone else is approaching a task or project, then do it completely the opposit with accentuating flare.. Distinguish yourself, but not in an accosting way..

Then visit school for autism and try to imagine what life would be like not having the gift of being able to study.. Finally if that all fails, have a beer, smoke some dope and drive your parents crazy..

Bottom line.. Don't procrastinate.. Just do it and let the momentum carry you.. Then worry about being more efficient later..

Answer 5

1) Before u start to study meditate for sometime. That will improve ur concentration n memory power. Ur brain cells will get activated by fresh air that u breath in.

2) Set target n try to finish them.

3) Relax in between

4) drink lot of water. It will keep ur body cells activated

5) Revise ur lessons early in the morning.

Good luck dear!

Answer 6

I always make sure that my notebooks are neat and clean and often I glue pictures to the front of ones with a heavy paper / cardboard cover .... just to make them attractive and something that I want to look at over and over ... / and I make sure there is extra paper .... sometimes I can find a nice color paper ...

Also, I make sure that my pens and pencils are decent and that I have a place to carry them so they will not get lost or lose their caps or points.... in addition, it is nice to flag or mark the things you wish to notice the most for review ....
also....

make sure in your notebooks you leave some extra room for writing additional thoughts or new information .... so leave 2 or three pages once in a while so you can do extra work in that area ....

sometimes I play: I make paper cut-out designs, and I get some chai and a little snack .... I take a break or sing a little song ... and make myself comfortable....

I think one of the most important things is to learn your material as soon as you can so there is no rush to study just before exams.... and that way you really do learn more... and it is better for you to be relaxed because you have done reviews and the material becomes familiar to you ....

also , if you have a relative who would help you by asking you questions that you give him or her to ask you to answer out loud ... and that way you also get it all done faster ... if you make mistakes, fix them and go back for another
"examination!"

Peace & Love

Answer 7

hi
you can improve studies by revising it .if you done ane chapter revised it atleast 5 times so you can remember all before moving on to next chapter
make your own every possible questions and try to answer them.
before sleeping remember what you read today
study with relax mind and divide the work.like at one time don't do whole chapter break it into parts then remember it.
sleep well and in morning again remember what you read at night without any books
good luck

Answer 8

To improve your studies first u need to read a lot

Answer 9

U can improve ur studies by showing more interest on the subject which u feel difficult n boring . give more importance to that particular sub. practice well..work hard..

Answer 10

dear Soumya s , if you want to improve your studies than first improve your concentration. for that u can take help of YOGA in guidance of a proper Instructor. revise weekly. take more water. get up early in the morning, morning is the best time to study. & YOGA will definitly help you.