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LEARNING TO LEARN Do you want to be a success? Do you realize and accept that you can be master of your own destiny? Would you like to take control of your life and be the best person you can be? Highly successful people and geniuses all have one thing in common they use both sides of the brain and therefore have twice the capacity to learn. With the Cd “study effectively pass exams” you can learn to how to balance the rhythms of your brain and encourage whole brain learning. Track 1 will help to build up motivation and confidence it should be played weekly to start. As confidence develops you will find you won’t need to listen to the Cd so much only once every two or three weeks as a top up. Track 2 should be played just before you are ready to study it is a mind training exercise that encourages the brain to function at the alpha frequency. Alpha brain activity is associated with learning concentration and creativity. When you function at the alpha frequency it will help you to find solutions to problems focus clearly and achieve your goals. From the age of seven to fourteen our natural brain frequency is at its most energetic phase this is why children learn so rapidly but at fourteen the frequency changes to beta which is associated with the left analytical and logical side of the brain. Ninety percent of the population use this as their main brain function but it is at the expense of the right imaginative side. Why use one side of the brain when you can learn twice as much with two. When the exercise on track two is used regularly it encourages a conditioned response to a profound state of relaxed awareness. When the mind is in this state of awareness visualisation and learning becomes easier. Studies have shown that schools that have actively encouraged meditative states have greatly increased pupils success rates. Relaxed and meditative states improve memory and help us to focus on our goals and achieve what is important to us. Practice the exercise learning to learn on the Cd “Study effectively pass exams” and like a genius you will soon be using both sides of your brain for balanced thinking and whole brain learning. The key to success is to practice with the Cd and do the exercises outlined below. “Destiny is not a matter of chance it is a matter of choice: it is not a thing to be waited for it is a thing to be achieved.” (William Bryan) What you are about to learn makes learning fun, recalling easier and exams enjoyable just imagine that! Now for a few quick tips, the brain learns and stores information in various areas so learn how to use all of these. When you read you have seen it, when you draw mind maps or write notes you have done it and when you go to lectures you have heard it. Discuss what you have learned with others you can pretend you are the teacher trying to impart information, or organise a study group so you can all help each other. To store the maximum amount of information at your next lecture repeat the words of the lecturer back to yourself in your head or better still record the session. You can then play it back in down time this way you hear it twice and therefore learn twice as much. Recordings can be listened to at the gym or when you are travelling or even waiting for the bus. Realise that the memory quickly fades so set aside time to review to keep information stored uppermost in your mind so that you can recall quickly and easily. When you have finished a study period review the material ten minutes later and again after one hour, one day, one week, one month, three months and six months. Reviewing stores material learned in the long term memory and it will be uppermost in your mind ready for fast retrieval. Use your imagination as much as you can the brain remembers the unusual and funny. Page -1 VISUALISE AND IMPROVE SPELLING Use your imagination when learning to spell and understand spelling mistakes are nothing to do with intelligence but with how words are learned and stored. Learning by sounding out the words can lead to mistakes because words are not always spelt as said or heard. Words like knife or phlegm are not spelt as they sound so why store them as sounds? Next time you want to learn a word visualise it as vividly as you can. Write it in your minds eye on an imaginary black or white board you will soon find spellings improving. Working out your mind is just as important as working out the body. The way we work out our mind is resist negative thinking it will pull you down. Instead use your imagination to think of positive up beat issues. Secondly when you want to learn something picture it in your mind’s eye and you will be giving your brain a good workout. WHOLE BRAIN LEARNING When we use whole brain learning we remember 20% what we read 30% what we hear 40% of what we see 50% what we say 60% of what we do and 90% of what we hear see say and do. The trick is to learn to use them all if you read it and then visualise it you have seen it. Summarise key points and read out loud you have heard it. Write out questions and answers and then test yourself. Planning is essential for the memory fades much of what you learn can be lost in the first week if you don’t review. New information should be reviewed after ten minutes set a timer to remind you. Review again after one hour, one day, one week, one month, three months and six months. This habit will ensure that information you review will not fade because this practice puts it into your long term memory and keeps it on top for easy recall. A great system for reviewing is a system called PQRST. PQRST METHOD Read using the PQRST method this is a great method because it will help you to use whole brain learning. P stands for preview so skim read each chapter paying attention to all the key points reading headings sub headings and the summary. This will give you a feel for the chapter. Q stands for question as you skim each chapter question key points especially headings sub headings and the summary and ask yourself what are the key points the author is making in each section. Jot down questions so you can answer them later and use for revision. R is for read each section in the chapter look carefully for the meaning. As you get to the key points try to answer the questions you applied earlier. When you are clear what the key points are you can highlight them. Now reflect on what you have learned you may be able to link in other knowledge by making a mind map of key issues. S stands for self recitation as you finish each section go over it in your mind and discuss it with others or pretend you are teaching another. T is for test and review go over your notes and just notice what you can recall easily. Remember the golden rules for reviewing are after ten minutes of finishing study and again after one hour, one day, one week, one month, three months and six months. When reading key points out loud record yourself and then you can play it back in down time. It is crucial to review systematically and you can use an action plan to do this. Here is an example of an action plan for studying you can make one that fits in with your study plan. The most important thing to remember is you must look at your action plan every day to keep you on track and focused on your goals.

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