8. Go places:

You can create deeper memories of the subject by learning in a richer environment that offers more visual clues and keys. In an experiment taken by learning experts, two groups of students were given random words to memorize. One group changed the classroom while studying. The other group did not bring any change to the learning environment. The group that studied in two different room- one was small and windowless and other big and bright. The one who studied in the brighter big room were able to remember or recall the words by 40% than the group who studied in the smaller room.

Thus it was then proved that when you select a better place for the studying and learning procedure, you can easily recall things. So next time you study, get a better place which can open up the mental horizon. Yes, people are different and their choices can be different. Select and own nature and learn new things every day.

9. Take fun seriously:

Whatever it is, take a fun path to study and practice. Modern learning science believes that positive emotions are necessary and important to increase the growing potentials. You can either treat yourself after every right answer you get or maybe take a break to listen to your favorite music after you complete your chapters. What I personally do is finish the chapters first and then take a time to eat my favorite food along with some good music. I do not tend to eat and play music while I study because I cannot multi-task and do the things simultaneously. So choose your favorite treat and find a good time studying.

10. Space your studies:

In order to remember things for the longest time, repeat the material in spaced intervals. The best example can be taken for facts and example learning. The best way to remember such words and meaning is to review them 1 or 2 days after the initiation of the learning materials and then again 1 week later and a month after that. Doing so will help to take the learned material into the long-term memory and acquire it when needed. Don’t freak out and learn everything at once, make a habit of studying at least an hour a day. This will make a big difference for yourself and your grades.

11. Read and recite:

When you read and recite, you learn more and remember better. If you have let’s say only 1 hour to prepare a speech or recite a poem, you should take 20 minutes to learn the text written and 40 minutes reciting it. This 1 is to 3 ratios has been proven to increase the power of the brain to remember things in a better way. When giving a speech this, the proportion has been the best and effective way. Keep a glass of water and sip it whenever you lose it. So next time you present something just read and recite and everything will work out as fine as it will be.

Read and recite book mantra a man — Reading and reciting

12. Instant self-test

After you study and complete all the syllabus or the chapters, finish up with a quick test. Immediate recall in form of the test or short summary on what you have learned can increase retention by 30%. Because it is much harder for the brain to reflect than to just read. But it needs extra effort to create a trace on your brain which can be recalled when needed. When you take self-test, you can analyze yourself before anybody else and even can correct it early. You can know where you have lacked the learning material and start revising it again until you get it right and done.

13. Excite yourself:

Learning happens inside your brain when new information connects with the existing information. When we are excited or enthusiastic, the brain starts to process much better. As soon as we expect something good to happen, the brain releases its happiness chemical- dopamine and endorphin. These can help to connect new and existing information with each other and that’s what we call learning. But it does not mean that you will be learning as soon as you are happy. For example shopping. Shopping will produce the same chemical but won’t help to be happy for a longer time because it produces dopamine for just 12 seconds. After you are done with shopping, the dopamine is not produced and thus there won’t be any excitement levels.

excite yourself - a boy is exciting loud — A boy is exciting

14. Don’t force it:

Motivation is like hunger. You cannot forcefully get motivated just like you can’t tell other to eat forcefully or be hungry when you tell them so. So if you are not hungry yet, do not worry at all. Do something else and relax. When you are not “in the mood” or “not have that studying time” you just should not force yourself just because others are studying. Until and unless you get that rush in your mind, nothing will be imported to your brain. So indulge yourself in doing things other than studying. And make sure you keep that goal in your mind and work for it at the end of the day.

Writer: Susan Basel

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