2.ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE LEARNING SKILLS

By Our Special Correspondent

1. Concentration sustained attention – effective learning is by bringing our mind back every time it wanders over things.

2. Resolution learning takes place only when a person makes up his mind very firmly to learn.

3. Habit – concentration is a habit and habits are perfected by practice.

4. Interest – to create interest affirmation techniques will help.

5. Relaxation – concentration occurs most naturally when body and mind are relaxed.

6. Repetition learning takes place very effectively when it is repeated over many times.

7. The law of Spaced Learning – the materials to be learnt should be spaced over several days. This will be better remembered than materials learnt by practicing on one day. Daily practice should be a rule, either learning or acquiring a skill.

8. The law of over learning – read the material over and again to yourself silently and aloud you can repeat it several times without making a mistake.

9. The law of Whole learning – material should be studied as a whole rather than bit-by-bit.

10. The law of confidence – repeat the statement to yourself, Day by Day in every way I remember better and better.