Morningstar Kindergarten

Study tips and test taking strategies would be of great help in excelling in your studies or academics and in passing your examinations as well. As quoted in the famous movie, Three Idiots, “Follow excellence and success will chase you”. This is a way of saying, excel in your study habits and test taking strategies as it will make your dreams come true.

In doing so, you have to work on some tips to avoid procrastination. In the succeeding paragraphs, you will be able to check out the tips which could help you in developing a study method and study habits that would be helpful throughout your years of studying.

The first tip is the identification of the place where you will be studying. You should look for a place in your home that has good lighting conditions and enough space in order to cater to your needs. Make sure to maintain the place as organized as possible. Well, most of the students are using their bedroom as the study area. But make sure that you do not lie down while studying as you will only fall asleep.

The second tip is to concentrate in the lecture hall or when you are inside the classroom. Enhance your concentration by taking down notes. There are students who have an auditory learning style. They are the ones good in recalling what the teachers have told them. Jotting down notes is a great way of studying your lessons as it reinforces the points made. With this, you will always be ready for exams and recitations.

The third tip is finding good ways of memorizing and retaining the work covered. The most popular technique that is widely used is the SQ3R method which stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review. Make sure that you follow these steps as these will take you to a more organized way of studying.

NECESSITY OF MEDIA EDUCATION

Introduction:

Ever since the media world has come into existence, new ways of its influences in its daily life has been seen. What was considered to be a boon has been realized to be a bane in many ways. The use of the media is often mired by controversy too. Here are a few quotes which makes us ponder about media’s role and its influences. These quotes were by famous people and perhaps signify how media has deviated from its intended path to another completely new one.

“Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.”Richard Salent, former president, CBS News.

“We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn’t. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.”Katherine Graham, Washington Post publisher and CFR member. Thus we see that a similarity trend arises. People seem to interpret the use of media in their own ways, ways which will be of benefit to them. People with the power in their hands feel as if they are the authority to decide what to show and what not. When the press has an agenda, it is bound to be not wholly fair and just, as it was originally intended to be. Somewhere, down the line, human emotions, human wants, human intentions, greed, selfishness has come around to prohibit the working of a free press. Just as a utilitarian economy is a dream, a free just press is also nothing short of that.

Students often ask, “I put in a lot of study time but don’t seem to be able to recall as much as I had hoped?” The primary question then becomes, how effective are the students study habits? Many students either do not know effective study habits, or know some but lack proper application. Chances are that if a student is having problems recalling information or focusing on study, then they are either making one or more of these common study mistakes.

1. More often than not students study methodologies do not match their learning style. There are four primary learning styles that are a combination of Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic or Verbal. Students can get a rough guide of their learning style by taking free online tests or often a reputable tuition service should provide learning style tests for their students.

2. It seems cliché but distractions are often a major factor when a student is trying to retain information. This comes down to time management. Well timed and structured study breaks are fantastic tools to help a student maintain concentration. Students should only expect to be able to focus well for between 30 and 50 minutes. With practice this duration can be extended.

3. Students do not revisit information often enough to commit it to long-term memory. To commit something to long-term memory it should be revisited a number of times of a period of a week or more.

4. Students don’t know what they don’t know. The root of this mistake occurs generally during the exam preparation process. Students often prepare for exams with their textbooks open and when they need confirmation or get stuck they just refer to their textbook. Students should do their revision and then undertake their final preparation under exam conditions, via using practice exams or choosing some questions and closing the text books.

Ever step into an examination hall not knowing what to expect, feeling so unprepared or whatever you’ve studied throughout the night seems to have gone missing all of a sudden? Fret not, with these 5 simple exam tips; it will arm you with the right strategies and mentality to enter the examination hall filled with confidence and ready to take on the challenge.

However, can we all come to consensus that there is no way that we can do so on the night before the exam? Yes! I strongly believe that there is no such thing as pure luck in examination and the only way we can do well is to be prepared. So what I’m about the share with you are tips that will enable you to empower yourself in preparations for the exam.

Tip 1 – Create a study schedule. Well, this may sound like a no brainer, sadly, not everyone is doing it. The key in creating a study schedule is so as to give priority to subjects that you are slightly weaker in so that you can practice the questions more. You should also never be complacent with subjects that you are confident or less worried about, allocate a period especially for them. A well prepared study schedule also allows you to have a work life balance, and more importantly helping you to understand the subject you’re studying better.

High school graduates that do not believe they are ready for college, are smart to take time to think about what the future holds. Possibilities include working full time, joining the military, traveling, pursuing an apprenticeship, or taking a structured gap year.

A gap year, or gap time, is a period of time between the end of secondary school and college, or between college years, in which students enroll in a structured program that gives them opportunity to travel, work, or volunteer in country or internationally. The gap year concept was born in England as a way to fill time in between students’ taking their “A” levels (university entrance exams) and the time when their studies began. British universities encouraged the in-between students to explore their interests, see the world, or just do something productive. Taking such time also gives students time to ready themselves for college.

Considering the statistic that one of four college freshmen drop out, flunk out, or disappear for other reasons from their college campuses, it seems that many high school graduates would greatly benefit from a gap year or two before entering college. Many high school graduates simply aren’t ready for college right away. Many of them are tired of school and want some time to explore. Many of them don’t have the skills they need to be successful: resolving conflict, managing time and priorities, maneuvering the college bureaucracy, taking seriously the commitment.

Whether a student participates in a structured gap program, creates a situation themselves, travels, or just gets a job, such opportunities give them some time to experience life without the pressure of grades. Some teenagers pursue or discover a passion during a gap year-one that can lead to a career. Some find out that working at a minimum-wage, uninteresting job makes school look very appealing. And some find an entirely different path to follow. But the point is, many teenagers need that gap time to be ready for college or whatever path they choose.