How to Be a Better Student and Improve Your Learning

Written by Royane Real


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If you have a deadline looming, decide how much ofrepparttar project you need to tackle at one time.

Let’s say you have six weeks to masterrepparttar 109171 content of a difficult biology text. Looking throughrepparttar 109172 book you realize that if you study one chapter each night, you can get throughrepparttar 109173 book in 28 days, leaving two weeks in which you can again reviewrepparttar 109174 material.

With this knowledge you can pace yourself. You know what your assignment is. You know how much you need to read every night. Concentrate onrepparttar 109175 immediate task at hand. You don’t need to feel overwhelmed byrepparttar 109176 entire book at one time. Next, work out a system of rewards for yourself. Give yourself a series of small rewards each time you master one chapter, and a larger reward for completingrepparttar 109177 entire book.

For rewards to work they must be immediate, and personally meaningful to you. There is no point in rewarding yourself with a new fishing rod if you hate fishing.

Rewards don’t need to be material objects if there is something else that would really motivate and inspire you. How about attending a special concert, or taking a special trip? You decide. Get creative and think of something that will spur you to take action.

It’s very important thatrepparttar 109178 reward take place soon afterrepparttar 109179 work has been accomplished. This creates a sense of positive reinforcement. Give yourself a small reward every time you finish a small part ofrepparttar 109180 job, and a bigger reward whenrepparttar 109181 project is completed. If there is too long a gap betweenrepparttar 109182 activity andrepparttar 109183 reward, it will not haverepparttar 109184 effect of reinforcingrepparttar 109185 desired activity.

Besides motivating yourself with a series of external rewards, learn to motivate yourself internally. Tell yourself you’re a good learner. Tell yourself you enjoy learning. Tell yourself you enjoy giving your brain a good work out. Congratulate yourself for your efforts. Tell yourself you love acquiring new knowledge, and let yourself feel a joy in learning. Be proud of yourself forrepparttar 109186 work you do to gain more knowledge.

For information to sink into your brain and be accessible to you, you need to review it several times, and your brain needs to sleep properly forrepparttar 109187 memories to be encoded in your neurons. You need to reduce your mental stress. Your brain needs good nutrition and it needs to be in a peaceful, confident state. Drugs and alcohol don’t helprepparttar 109188 process of learning.

Write out what you are learning in your own words, and find a learning buddy. Practice explaining to someone else what you have learned. This will increaserepparttar 109189 likelihood that your brain will remember it.

If you start to cramrepparttar 109190 night before, you are putting your brain at a big disadvantage.

You’re increasing your physical and mental stress, and you’re not giving yourself time to reviewrepparttar 109191 material several times. By cutting back on your sleep, you’re not giving your brain a chance to putrepparttar 109192 information you’ve been studying intorepparttar 109193 hard drive storage of your brain.

By starting your studies early, and reviewing what you’ve learned, you have a much better chance of remembering and understanding what you need to know when you face a big exam.

Royane Real is a science educator and the author of several books to improve learning. This article is taken from her new short report "Your Quick Guide to Improving Your Learning Ability" Get the paperback version or download it now from http://www.lulu.com/real


Overseas Shipping for Students and Small Movers

Written by Stephen Willett


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2) Deliver and collect fromrepparttar shippers depot, or investigaterepparttar 109170 cost of having a small removal firm deliver/pick up at each end and compare that cost torepparttar 109171 shippers charge. (or you could hire a van)

3) Air freight is charged by weight, and you may have a choice of tariffs depending on how quickly you need your property shipped. sea freight is charged by volume and is slow

4) Advertise (onrepparttar 109172 message board) for partners to group up a load (and search for shippers who will offer a discount).

5) Investigate your insurance options: Self packed items may be excluded from breakage cover, and you should try to avoid sending fragile items - if possible take them with your hand luggage. Beware of 'exlusion', 'excess' and 'limits to liability' clauses in any policy you pay for. As always, there is no substitute for proper and (over protective) packing.
The cover you must have is for complete or partial loss or destruction, orrepparttar 109173 insolvency of a carrier or storer, which may cause your property to be impounded.

You could contactrepparttar 109174 'British Association of Removers' at info@bar.co.uk or consult a good insurance broker - possibly your student specialist.

I have included some specialist small move shippers at www.student-movers-forum.com/overseas shipping You can read advice on small moves, packing and insurance, at www.student-movers-forum.com.



The author has spent 25 years in various service industries, including the last 8 in the removals sector.


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