Archive for the 'Studying/Learning Styles' Category

How To Read Faster By Skimming

Friday, December 1st, 2006 in Reading Tips, Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips | 1 Comment »

Skimming is a type of reading that will allow you to read quickly without compromising the essential information that you want to obtain. This is usually done when you are running out of time and you have to submit an important paper work. It can also be practice while reading your morning newspaper. Imagine by […]

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Learning Strategies for Kinesthetic Learners

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 in Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips | No Comments »

Adopting strategies to improve your learning skills is a great way to learn new things and ideas. If you are kinesthetic learner this can be enhance by trying to develop regular schedule or habit of learning. This can be done by making a study plan so you can concentrate and build confidence.
It is also recommended […]

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Learning strategies For Visual Learners

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 in Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips | No Comments »

Being a visual learner means you easily understand and learn things through using pictures, different visual media, images and colour. You have the skills to correlate most images when you try to visualize them. To improve your learning, you must always concentrate on the learning purpose of your class. This can be done by meeting […]

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The Different Form of Reading

Sunday, November 26th, 2006 in Reading Tips, Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips | No Comments »

Reading for me does not mean going plainly through each words and text. There are certain forms of reading that helps me to make my reading time effectively. When I want to look for something and it requires me to do it immediately I apply the scanning reading form. This helps me to easily find […]

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Why Passive Studying Is Not Good

Friday, November 24th, 2006 in Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips, General | No Comments »

Passive studying merely involves purely reading your notes or reading just the text. Many says its quite not good and I agree because when I read my own notes I spend many hours understanding and thinking what I have just written. Basically because my own notes were written in the manner only me can read […]

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Understanding Study Skills and Studying Techniques

Monday, November 20th, 2006 in Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips, General | No Comments »

Study skills are often interchanged with studying techniques because these two are really related. But to differentiate study skills and studying techniques, associate these two with cause and effect. Consider studying techniques as the cause and study skill as the effect of using the studying techniques.
Examples of study skills are good or retentive memory and […]

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Different Reading Styles

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006 in Reading Tips, Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips, General | No Comments »

Reading styles are of different types. To be an effective and good reader you must be able to identify the reading style that suits your reason for readings. Most flexible readers adopt a reading style to make their readings both learning and entertaining.
One of the reading styles you can use in reading complicated article or […]

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Study Groups

Saturday, November 11th, 2006 in Studying/Learning Styles, Studying Tips, General | 1 Comment »

Study groups are commonly utilized by many students to prepare themselves for class discussion, examinations or class presentation. You can also do it to review on your weak points and learn new ideas. I myself find study group on some point a necessity to learn effectively.
In my own experiences a study group gives me a […]

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Different Learning Styles

Saturday, November 11th, 2006 in Studying/Learning Styles, General | No Comments »

Learning styles are of different kinds. It also depends on your personality and ability to study that may manifest on your usual activity. If you are a good listener you can be classified as an auditory learner. This mean that you can best digest the information when it is presented to you through lectures and […]

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