Self-Care With Shaki

Do you ever feel like you got nothing out of school or college? You might have taken various levels of examination and invested hours of learning but still do you think that much of what you learned was not useful in actual situations? Research confirms the fact that much of what we study does not actually transfer to the situations we need it. In one study, Psychologist Howard Gardner says that “students who receive honor grades in college-level physics courses are frequently unable to solve basic problems and questions encountered in a form slightly different from that on which they have been formally instructed and tested.” All these facts confirm that we get very little out of school or college academics. Why is that we are not able to build a skill out of what we study in schools and colleges for numerous years? Should we blame the structure of our schools and colleges? Maybe yes or maybe not.   But also our own learning efforts play a greater role in ...

    Our memory is a skill, just like any other skill it needs the practice to improvise. By practicing the below-mentioned skills/activities you can improve your memory and will be able to remember things in a better way. 1. Repeat what you learn The more you repeat what you learn the more chances that you will remember it. Repetition reinforces the connections we create between neurons. Suppose you wanted to memorize a speech, just reading it will not make sure that you remember it. You have to repeatedly read it and write it down.  But the work doesn’t stop there. Research shows that simple repetition is an ineffective learning tool if used on its own. You’ll need to sit back down later and actively try to retrieve the information without looking at where you wrote it down. Testing yourself to retrieve the information is better than repeated studying. Practicing retrieval creates more long-term and meaningful learning experiences   2. Vi...