11. Concentration on Studies depends on Your Approach
August 31, 2017
When asked the question how to concentrate on studies without fear of failure I often respond, "just change your attitude. The truth is that how you approach a task, any task, depends on your attitude. Cultivating a positive mental att...
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12. Dynamic Learning and Mental Attitude
August 30, 2017
When thinking about a dynamic person one thinks of one with a positive mental attitude and driven to accomplish their goals. When it comes to dynamic learning, one may be dynamic if goals are set and one has the mental a...
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13. Problem Based Learning: The Art of Asking Questions
August 29, 2017
Problem based learning begins when one asks questions. Questions present problems that require solutions. In this article, I suggest there are two main categories of questioning under which six questions fall. I think of the categor...
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14. Learning Styles: Give Students a Fighting Chance
August 28, 2017
I've written about learning styles in previous articles. Today I want to focus on a fatal error teachers make when working with students. That mistake is to not respect the individual learning styles that are present in every classroom. In...
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15. Experiential Learning: Embrace the Unknown
August 27, 2017
In 1916, John Dewey wrote: "Experience is primarily an active-passive affair; it is not primarily cognitive. But the measure of the value of an experience lies in the perception of relationships or continuities to which it leads up." My approach is to dissect Dewey's radical idea to see how it mig...
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16. Three Study Skills that don't Involve Studying
August 26, 2017
Study skills that don't involve studying? That sounds a bit crazy. But the truth is that studying is first about your mental attitude and then about the material. Study all day long with a negative attitude and your studying will be for...
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17. Two Highly Effective Study Tips
August 23, 2017
Everyone seems to have their own ideas about effective study tips. Some experts say that one thing works well while others say precisely the opposite. Here is the thing. Everyone learns differently. We all have a dominant learning style and from one to three secondary learning styles that influence ...
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18. Three Reasons to Not Study Hard
August 22, 2017
The age old question for students revolves around study. Should one study hard or study smart? So many students hear the empty 'motivational' advice to study harder. This advice often falls on deaf ears. My goodness, the student thi...
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19. How to Concentrate on Studies
August 21, 2017
Concentrating on your studies is not always the easiest thing to do. There are always distractions. Friends want to go out, there is a show on tv, you can add many more things to this list. So how do you focus? How to concentrate on studie...
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20. Learning Styles or Multiple Intelligences
August 20, 2017
In 1983 Howard Gardner introduced the concept of multiple intelligences in his landmark book, Frames of Mind. Based on his work with stroke victims, child prodigies and autistic people, Gardner identified seven separate intelligences. Later, in his follow-up work, Multiple Intelligences, he identi...
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Author: Roger Lewis Fischel
