study tips

Learning Habits and rituals

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Students study in different ways. They have various habits and rituals when studying for exams. Some prefer to study early in the morning, whereas others study at night. Some prefer to read loudly as they study and some want to read silently.
Please share your learning habits with others.

Janak Gunatilleke, educated in Royal College, Colombo [...]

Knowlege society - Sri Lankan perspective

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Twenty first century belongs to knowledge age, where acquisition, possession and application of knowledge is the most important resource. In this society world has changed from doing things to knowing things. It is a learning society committed to innovation.
There is risk of growing gap between advanced countries at the forefront of creating and using that [...]

Review Technique- How to keep information in long term memory?

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Normally students can remember things they have learned immediately after they have learned them. But they will then forget more and more knowledge as time goes on. After a few months they may only be able to recall only a tiny percentage of what was
initially learned.
This article explains how to review material in a structured [...]