The Brain and Learning:
Learning is different from studying. True or False?
• Which of these did you use to study in high school or in courses in the past?
• Which of these do you think you need to use for advance study?
1. Self–regulate necessary for developing Frontal Lobe (FL) which governs the brain!
✓ Planning
✓ Organizing
✓ Budgeting time
✓ Carrying out long-term tasks (piece meal; take breaks)
✓ Self-control and self-monitoring are important for effective learning (ask yourself, how am I doing?)
✓ Practice meta-cognition by using various activities to help you learn and maintain concepts
2. Read before attending a class or seminar, etc.; prepare as you would so you could to teach the course or seminar☺ These strategies reinforce the information you need to make you efficient when recalling concepts learned!
3. You must practice (reiterate and recall) what you learned within a reasonable timeframe after you were taught, otherwise you will lose that information within a short time (practice makes permanent!).
4. Ask questions (have an inquiring mind-set).
5. Other life skills that aid learning:
✓ Exercise
✓ Eat healthy foods (see article on nutrition and learning)
✓ Get enough sleep, and rest.
✓ Focus only on the things you can control! Avoid stressful situations!
✓ Practice meta-cognition by using various activities to help you learn and maintain concepts
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