Have you ever read a novel, really enjoyed the story, and then got disappointed when you saw a movie based on it? I remember reading the novel called “The 5th Wave” and finding the movie based on it rather disappointing. I’m sure that most people have had this experience at least once. Of course, this is not just limited to books. I still remember what they did to…
Time management can be a useful tool in our day to day life. We can describe time management as “behaviour that aims at achieving an effective use of time while performing certain goal-directed activities”. We have talked about time management in a couple of our previous post. Methods like the Pomodoro technique are extremely popular and very helpful. I have personally used it on several occasions and found it…
“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…
When I started law school, I read a book that taught me how to make case briefs. Since then, I had the habit of meticulously making case brief on every case that I read. This provided me with a lot of clarity about the general concepts, but it all seemed a bit meaningless when it was exam time. Suddenly, it felt like all the time spend on making notes could…
Do grades matter? This is a question we often hear from confused students.There are movies like 3 Idiots that argue competence is more important than grades. We also see memes that say “a piece of paper can’t decide my future”. But we often discard these arguments in the face of reality. The “grades don’t matter” approach is countered by citing that grades are important for higher education…
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…