Category Archives: Studying

The Problem with the Definition of Motivation The problem with defining motivation as purely as ‘initiating behaviours’ is that it does ‘initiate behaviours’ at all and that is a very common misconception. I find that many feel as if in order to do x I need to feel motivatedy. However, what Jeff says is thatContinue reading “Lessons I Learnt From The Motivation Myth by Jeff Haden”

Learning Styles A strategy that schools really like to emphasise is that we should stick to our ‘learning style’- this is basically the only thing I remember from lectures on revision. And I’ve always thought this was slightly dodgy but have never been able to explicitly say why. The authors come up with a veryContinue reading “The Best Way to Revise for Exams- Make It Stick Summary and Review part 3”

Recall and Retrieval Retrieval or recall is proven to be one the most effective way to study (numerous studies discussed in the book) and I personally believe it is one of the easiest to implement . The definition is pretty self-evident- it involves recalling facts and concepts from memory. An example of this is flashcardsContinue reading “The Best Way to Revise for Exams- Make It Stick summary and review part 2”

Learning is a very intuitive thing that we do throughout your lives. From learning to speak to learning to drive a car, we are constantly putting information into our brain- to learn is human nature. However, many of us are trying to learn new things the wrong way. Gone are the days of your 2 year old brain which can pick up a completely new language, having only lived for a fraction of your life. Our brain doesn’t simply soak up information like a sponge anymore and we haven’t really been taught an effective way to assimilate new concepts since.