Blueprint for successful studies and grades
The new academic year is upon us but not as we may have expected or wanted but it is here never the less. You may have be worried about how the end of year exams will look like or if you will be assessed by yearlong teacher assessment; maybe a combination of them both, but what has never been so important is to be resilient and have a mindset of lifelong learning.
Our latest article highlights 5 important changes you can make to your learning, to better prepare for the uncertain times we all face. In fact, for every time that we face!
1 Resiliency
Why is this important?
Have you ever felt stretched, compressed or bent one way or another? The term resiliency is a scientific word to explain a materials ability to reshape to its original shape when under the aforementioned pressure and stress. You can strengthen your resiliency under stress – exam or covid-19 induced by:
State management – the ability to respond not react and accessing your resourceful states.
54321 method – basically come back to your senses as the old saying goes.
Breathe – the square method to help you be calm.
Sleep – its free and also helps you retain knowledge and improves your thinking and health.
2 Motivation
Why is this important?
Motivation stems from Latin and means “to move”. Which is why you either move towards something you value or want or move away from it because it doesn’t fit with you. If you associate your studies, assignments, revision and exams with something you're moving towards then you have a much better chance to be successful in those activities.
3 Daily habits
Why is this important?
How you conduct ourselves daily is your choice and the more positive your habits are then the better chance that your day will be yours and not someone else's. And, if you win the day then might you not win the month, year and your life?
Simply put, by keeping the momentum of as habit going day by day, you compound that interest into a powerful way of living later in life.
4 Organisational skills
Why is this important?
The Cambridge Dictionary sums it up succinctly - “The ability to use your time, energy, resources, etc. in an effective way so that you achieve the things you want to achieve”. It is the direct opposite to procrastination – to delay tasks until tomorrow.
By creating a blueprint of your year, so you have the intention set on your annual goals and then by focusing your intention on the day to day, week to week and term to term smaller goals; to help you manage in a S.M.A.R.T way.
5 Study skills
Why is this important?
We all read and revise but some ways are better than others, better in that they help you accelerate your learning. Knowing your learning styles, how to be more curious, what drives you and what hinders you are all important factors to help you learn faster and better.
To conclude, these are bitesize changes to aid your learning and you can choose all of them or start with just one and chain them one by one until you master them all. The skill of lifelong learning is priceless so why not learn it?