Articles on Learning

May 14, 2020 - Overview In this article, you will learn about brain plasticity. Neuroplasticity, as it is otherwise called, is the ability of the brain to change throughout life as a result of learning and experience. Pause and Think: “How did you become so ...

May 6, 2020 - Overview In this article, you will learn about the two different types of thinking processes or modes the brain switches between – the focused and diffuse modes – and how the brain uses these modes to think and learn. Pause and Think ...

April 29, 2020 - Article Overview In this article, you will learn about the pros and cons of self-education programmes. You will also learn how to develop one for yourself that will promote in-depth learning. Pause and Think: “So much to learn, but I don’ ...

April 16, 2020 - Reading a mathematics textbook is important for succeeding academically in many science-related fields, and this is also true in your mathematics classes. However, reading mathematics is different from other types of reading. How to Effectively Read ...

January 31, 2020 - How to Commit Information to Memory First things first, you don’t forget what you read because your brain is incapable of retaining the information you feed it. Your brain is working just fine. That just needed to be put out of the way. Okay, l ...

January 31, 2020 - How to Stay Awake While Reading:  Sometimes, it just doesn’t matter how great the book is, you just can’t stay awake when you pick up a book to read. In the car, on the bed, sitting on the couch or even on an uncomfortable wooden bench and so on ...

March 13, 2019 - How to Sustain Focus While Reading We currently live in a world where mobile phones, social media, chat apps and many similar kinds of distractions make it difficult to sustain focus and attention for an adequate amount of time. The ability to focus ...

March 11, 2019 - Useful Mobile Apps for Children Technology has been residing in the educational sector for quite some time now and if you’re a parent, you can actually use it to your child’s benefit. Not all mobile apps are a source of distraction and so ...

February 28, 2019 - How to Learn Faster and Better We all want to have that superpower or extraordinary ability to learn faster. Some of us wish we had photographic memories and could consume a textbook in one night. Others daydream about being able to just look at new ...

February 20, 2019 - Introduction to Learning The summer sun shines brightly on a deserted stretch of beach. Suddenly, a tiny grey head emerges from the sand, then another and another. Soon the beach is teeming with loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings (see the image below). ...