Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Teaching to study!

Teaching the information to someone else is the best way to retain a large amount of information.  Add teaching to your study routine (especially in groups) and watch your retention go through the roof!!!  Please see your teachers for specifics.

Friday, December 16, 2011

 Consider drawing pictures, using different shape, or highlighting with colors while concept mapping.  Please see your teachers for additional ideas and tips to help adapt your map to the specific subject.  

Monday, December 12, 2011

Learning Styles?

A recent review conducted by the University of California refutes the importance or even existence of the affect learning styles/intelligence types have on retention and test performance.  You can review the study here.  However, most studies do suggest using a mixture of study strategies will greatly benefit retention.  Below is a list of study strategies one can use to break up the monotony of studying.  Enjoy.