How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Parenting Editor
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Even strong students can flounder in the face of added challenges and greater expectations in the upper grades. Here's how you can reinforce basic study habits with your teen.
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franman88 said
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RhythmicMagic said
on 6/11/2007 Thank you for your research and insights. I think for the most part this will help a lot of people.
I have been interested in learning my whole life but it wasn't to last January that I realized I was never really taught how to learn! (My fault for sure) I also believe 70% of the world is in the same boat. I found that Socrates and Plato were the masters of learning HOW to learn. The reason was that their approch was logical and SIMPLE...After reading thousands of pages of information on this topic I realize that Most people don't want to read thousands of pages :)
My goal is to simplify and condense the most important concepts and principles of learning.
In regards to repetition I think that is one of the most misunderstood concepts. As a musician I was taught to practice, practice, practice. Which is the same as review in other subjects.
If we learn to store the information more effectively review will be much more rewarding and less time consuming.
"Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."
- Vince Lombardi
One interesting research shows that what ever you learn the brain will remember it BEST 4 hours later.
Great time to review...
Below is part 1 of learning how to learn.
If you would like to keep in contact you can email me at drumalong@earthlink.net
Best Regards,
Richard Schwagerl
Part 1) is finished. see below.
Part 2) More Effective Study Habits
Part 3) Remembering Lists And Names
Part 4) Educational Quotes
"We learn...
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we both hear and see
70% of what is discussed
80% of what we experience personally
95% of what we teach to someone else" (love this one) :)
– William Glasser
Part 5) Theta Brain Waves (The Gateway To Memory)
Learning How To Learn Through Music
with Rhythmic Magic (part 1)
"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates
The problem with our approach to education is that we only tell half the story, what to learn but not how to learn it. Everyone should be familiar with the simple principles of Learning How To Learn, which in turn can be applied to anything and everything. Remember that every student learns differently and that every student CAN learn!
The 4 Basic Principles Of Learning
1) Attention - The Secret: focused concentration, interest, motivation, receptive, awareness
No one has 100% concentration 100% of the time. It is more like 40% to 90% concentration 94% of the time. What if you start with 100% concentration 10% of the time. You could very well become a genius. Create an interest in whatever you are learning. You must be paying attention to learn. The mind loves to wander. When this happens take a deep breath (to help concentration) and trust in your ability to learn. FOCUS! The first concept of learning and remembering is focused, undistracted concentration for about 1 minute when memorizing something. The secret of learning something new is knowing how to focus your concentration when a key point needs to be remembered.
2) The Process - The Trick: how we actually learn something, identifying information, method or plan
You can Process information by seeing, hearing, thinking (what it means), reading and writing it.
There is a 90 % chance of remembering something if we use all 5 processes.
Actually doing the learning activity such as riding a bike or playing chess is always the most effective way of learning. Everyone is able to identify information other wise we wouldn’t know anything.
3) Store - The Key: organize, placement of information, subject, topic, title
Intentionally organizing information in your memory when you are learning it helps you recall it later.
The problem is that we don’t consciously categorize our information. We just throw it up in the brain and hope we will remember it. The truth is that the brain stores everything we learn. The challenge is f
Anonymous said
on 7/17/2006 The principal at my school explained what he called the 20-minute method for studying for exams (or a test or whatever). Basically, 20 days before the exam, you study for 1 minute, then 2 minutes the next day, then 3, 4, 5- until you get to 20 minutes the night before. If that's not enough time to study you can do more. Instead or 1-20 minutes, you could do 2, 4, 6- all the way to 40, whatever works for you.
Anonymous said
on 3/19/2006 An old math teacher once said to me, "If you want to remember, write in red. If you want to recall, write with blue." The two colors stimulate your mind.
Red, a bold color, stands out! It grasps attention.
Blue, a passive color, provides a soothing addition to the mind.
Try it out!