Have you ever gone through a difficult reading and realised that you grasped nothing? I am sure we all occasionally come across such readings that are frustratingly difficult to understand. In today’s post, we will look into strategies that can make such difficult readings more bearable. As per a research published by Harris-Stowe State University, there are four strategies that we can utilise to maximise reading comprehension. They…
In our quest to look for more and more efficient study strategies, today’s post will look at the viability of case studies as a learning strategy. Law students and business students depend a lot on case based learning and I have experienced noticeable improvements in my reasoning skills because of it. So, let’s explore the science behind the idea and see if it’s…
Have you ever practiced the same technique repeatedly, hoping to improve? We call this drilling and in today’s post we are going to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using drilling as a training method…
“Keep your phone away” is one of the most frequent advice I have heard as a student. While this may make sense for some people, some of us depend a lot on technology, and phones have their own benefit. With the ongoing pandemic, most of us are stuck with our distance learning programs. I, especially, depend a lot on my iPad (though not so much on my phone) to get…
Self regulation is a self-directive process by which learners transform their mental abilities into academic skills. If you read just one post on how to learn something, it should be this post. People who use self regulated learning viewed it as an exercise that students perform for themselves in a proactive manner rather than a process imposed on them by external system. They are proactive in their attempts to…
LiquidText is a PDF editing app that is really useful for research. I have been using it for a while and would like to give a review on how it helps me work better. LiquidText has all the usual functions of a PDF editor, like highlighting, writing on the document, lasso tool etc. But the potential it provides for research is quite unique to only this app. Let me highlight…