Study Skills Blog

Ever wonder about the secret of topnotch college students? Well, I guess you should read the 16 Habits of Top College Students that I browsed over here
The 16 habits of top college students according to the article are:
Planning
Dividing the task
Manage their surroundings
Don’t kid themselves
Manage their feelings
Challenge themselves.
Consistent
Persistent.
Are open to feedback
Ask when they don’t understand
Engage the [...]

Jackie Andrade, a psychologist and professor at the University of Plymouth in England said that doodling helps the student to enhance memory while listening to discussion rather than daydreaming.  This information was published by Applied Cognitive Psychology giving highlights that doodling is encouraged in aid of better recall as proven by the studies conducted by [...]

Let’s get straight to the point: waking up early is another way to study smarter and be a better learner. If you are finding it hard to manage your time to sit and study your lesson, why not try to wake-up early?
This is a sure better alternative than staying up very late every night just [...]

This is so true especially if you force your mind to absorb all the things that you need to review for your tomorrow’s exam. Why? Because a person typically forgets as much as 80% of what he or she learned within 24 hours and according to a research, memory retention is enhanced by sleep. And [...]

The effect of music when used during studying varies from one person to another, But for those of you who are doing better with music, I have here some of the most recommended/best music that can be played while studying:
Music for Airports by Brian Eno
The Wall by Pink Floyd;
Disintegration Loops by William Basinski
Mushroom Jazz by [...]

The issue whether the use of music while studying is good or not is inconclusive despite of so many and researches about the effect of music while people are studying. Perhaps this is because our learning capabilities are varied: some are auditory learners, while others are visual or spatial learners and so, the impacts of [...]

Ever heard of the term brain fade? This happens when your mind suddenly thinks blank or black and that you totally forget what you have just studied.
Brain fade is very common to people and does not only experienced by students because as we input new knowledge to our brain, it tends to put the new [...]

Lectures are valuable method to learn and understand a particular subject. These are the very essence why we attend classes regularly and why so schools have teachers. Listening to lectures is often considered as indispensable or crucial aspect of learning. Without lectures that are given by professors or teachers, it would be hard for us [...]

I just bumped into a catchy acronym of a study technique called MURDER which stands for Mood, Understand, Recall, Digest, Expand and Review. And when I took a look unto it, the techniques are simple and very doable making them handy for all students.
Mood – This is the first thing you need to set when [...]

LASSI or Learning And Study Strategies Inventory assessment is a paid but comprehensive assessment about the students’ knowledge on the use of learning and study strategies associated to their specific skill, will and self-regulation components of strategic learning.
The focus of LASSI assessment is on both covert and overt thoughts, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that relate [...]