Once you have made the choice to improve your life by studying online, you will receive a more effective education if you utilize the following tips offered by professional educators.
Stay quiet & focused
Find a quiet place to work and study online. Success in academic work requires sharp focus and deep concentration, so it’s important to ensure that you have reliable Internet access in a quiet place without noise or other ...
Adult students, who are older than the youngsters typically called to mind by the word “student,” are returning to schools in record numbers. Following recent global economic changes, many older students are studying for different careers in a wide variety of professions.
Good study habits are critical for the success of these adult students, yet in some cases many years have passed since these students were last enrolled in any sort ...
We have already discussed the basics of Dunn and Dunn’s Learning Styles; with it you could personalize your online education in myriad ways, custom-fitted so that you could make the most out of your online education. To review, we could individualize our learning styles by varying 5 different factors: (1) environmental, (2) emotional, (3) sociological, (4) physiological, and (5) psychological. Each of these categories has its own ...
When was the last time you really read your textbook? Do you read the table of contents? Do you only open your textbook when there are assigned exercises in it? Or are you the type who read it from cover to cover?
If the above descriptions are similar to how you use your textbook then you’re in for a big surprise. Just to be clear: a textbook is ...
Since studying online is mostly done at home, it makes sense for students to make their home learning environments as comfortable and as conducive to study as possible. It’s sort of a castle within, your personal stronghold for all your learning needs. This is because people ascribe to different types of learning – individual patterns of studying and thinking – and our main task is actually to mold ...
Homework will always be an inevitable part of school life. Time in the classroom is just too short to cover most topics, and there is always a need for us to reflect on what we have learned. Doing homework is a way for exam preparation, giving us more time to digest what are currently studying. We could also improve our study memory easier because, in effect, homework ...
We learn what is naturally interesting to us. For example, if you ask a child his multiplication tables, odds are he might draw a blank around some multiples, but ask the same child the best way to play a World of Warcraft character and he might even draw out a three-pronged approach. Of course, this phenomenon is not the sole domain of childhood because all of us could name ...