Memorizing facts is not enough to get a good grade in college. You need to develop higher level thinking skills to succeed in most of your courses. If you’ve heard these statements before, blame Bloom’s taxonomy. There’s a big chance you’ve heard about this concept before, or maybe not. But what does it mean for you as a learner? How does it affect your learning experience?
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Stress can have a negative impact in your health and your ability to succeed. While stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress could have positive effects in your life if you learn how to manage it.
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A group of psychologist conducted a meta-analysis (a study of multiple studies) to determine what are the most effective study techniques. The group analyzed more than 700 research studies and identified the ten most common strategies used by students in multiple contexts.
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Some of the difficulties students face taking tests are related to poor study habits. However, that’s not always the case. Even when you study sufficiently, you can still get a bad grade
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We have discussed before the myths behind multitasking. One of the most important aspects of focusing on a single task is avoiding distractions. Via Mashable we share this article discussing
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Sometimes the simplest learning techniques are the most powerful: Learn in multiple ways (use different learning modalities or styles) Teach what you learn to another person Utilize previous learning Use
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The use of “academic enhancement” drugs is alarming. Be careful: the consequences of using un-prescribed and prescribed medication to artificially boost performance are extremely dangerous.
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Are you ready to become a memory champion? Would you like to win the Memory Olympics? OK, maybe that’s a little overreaching, but what about improving your memory skills by
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To be successful we must learn how to set reasonable and achievable goals and act on those goals with consistency and determination. But should we always share those goals with the rest of the world?
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