3 Study Skills that Retain Knowledge

Though people have different methods to help them learn and remember, there are a few basic ways by which you can retain knowledge. Writing, reading the text a number of times or reciting it in your mind can do wonders for long term memory. You can review all your text notes or summaries so that your mind does not wander reading long chapters. Usually concentration spans are for a short durations and people who intend studying for long times, may not be able to retain the same concentration levels. But here are some tips to help you crack that test or just retain knowledge for future:

Read the Summary: Before starting on any chapter, read the heading and the given summary. You will be able to know what exactly does the chapter comprise of and the content of that chapter. Just a brief survey gets your mind to focus and helps to retain it for longer period of time.

Make a Questionnaire: It is best to see an already set questionnaire and read the answers as per that. Not only will that help you remember the answers better but it will be focused and motivate you to do well.

Review, recite and write: Another good way of remembering information is reading it a few times and then reciting or writing it down without seeing. You can recite it a few times so that it is clearly etched in the memory or just write it all down after a few revisions.

You can always study for shorter durations and by following the above mentioned tips, make sure that you are able to retain the information better. It is not difficult to remember things if you know the right way to do it. So whether you have an interview or a test or maybe you just love to learn new things, the skill sets will help you achieve that quickly.

What I Need to Know to Help Motivate my Teenager

Most teenagers’ behavior is a mystery to the parents and why they act or behave in certain ways can be mind boggling. But the biggest problem that most parents face is unmotivated teenagers. Most people try to either bribe them or set punishments as motivating factors which really does not go well with the teens and miss the basic concept of motivation. Realigning their value system is more important and if your teenager is also a trial and do not seem to be motivated enough, here are a few tips:

• Communicate with them and look at the behavior pattern. Try to know how they feel about things and as a parent, take interest in their activities. You will be able to discover their value system and it is good to look at things from their perspective. That will get you higher insight into the way they think.

• Know more about how their actions translate into working towards their goal.

• Understand and evaluate their interests.

• Sit and talk to them about the current interests, their goals and advice them as per their value system. Scolding or punishments do not work at this age.

• Be open and talk straight. Discuss ways and methods to get both of you on the same page and show them ways of doing things well.

• Accept the teenagers the way they are. Till they are out of serious mischief and working towards their goals in their own value system, it is okay. Not everyone has to adhere to their parents’ way of doing things. It is important to realize their individuality and lay importance that what is important to you may not always be held in high esteem by them. 

Every teenager wants to be successful and you do not have to change their value system to motivate them.