Apr
27
2012
0

Build Your Body, Build Your Brain!

“For more than a decade, neuroscientists and physiologists have been gathering evidence of the beneficial relationship between and brainpower. But the newest findings make it clear that this isn’t just a relationship; it is the relationship. Using sophisticated technologies to examine the workings of individual neurons — and the makeup of brain matter itself — scientists in just the past few months have discovered that appears to build a brain that resists physical shrinkage and enhance cognitive flexibility. , the latest neuroscience suggests, does more to bolster thinking than thinking does.”

How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain – NYTimes.com (viajonathanmarcus)

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Apr
11
2012
1

How Actively Watching Movies Helped Me Learn Spanish

From LifeHacker.com.

This article provides and excellent little summary of how to use movies to learn a foreign with less pain and more progress.

Have a good tip for language learning? Let us know in the comments.

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Apr
10
2012
0

Clothing for Concentration – Changing What You Wear Can Increase Your Focus

Dr. Frankenstein Knew the Power of the Coat!

The “thinking cap” does not exist. The “thinking coat,” on the other hand…

Increase your by–drum roll, please–wearing a white lab coat. No lie. A done by Adam and Galinsky, 2012, found that wearing a white doctor’s coat actually increased as measured by comparative visual search tasks.

That’s wy-hy-hy-hyld! They boosted brain power–not by engaging in Red Bull-fueled, late-night study raves; not by snarfing sweaty handfulls of gingko biloba pills and (more…)

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Cody Blair has spent over a decade helping students and teachers discover the secrets that make learning simple! His ebook, Secrets Smart Students Know, reveals how the best students use powerful study skills, maximize their memory, avoid , and maximize their focus to achieve fantastic grades with much less work! Click now to find out more about simple methods to maximize your study skills.

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Apr
05
2012
2

What to do when your prof is HORRIBLE

Updated post from June, 2009. You’d think that college professors would actually have to prove their merit as teachers before sticking them in front of 200 fresh-faced freshman. Think again, mon frer. At most universities

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Cody Blair has spent over a decade helping students and teachers discover the secrets that make learning simple! His ebook, Secrets Smart Students Know, reveals how the best students use powerful skills, maximize their memory, avoid , and maximize their to achieve fantastic grades with much less work! Click now to find out more about simple methods to maximize your study skills.

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Apr
03
2012
0

Study Skills – Five Fast Fixes

Recently, a student asked me for my hot list of academic life-changers; key skills you can use to dominate your grades. Here goes…

1) Get help. It’s the 21st Century, fellow netizens! Flying cars, robotic house maids, and personal jet packs are now commonplace… okay, well, maybe not. But it’s still the 21st Century!, which means you don’t have to rely on your brilliant professor’s rapid-fire mumble-lectures and micro-type PowerPoints. Use the interwebs and (more…)

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Cody Blair has spent over a decade helping students and teachers discover the secrets that make learning simple! His ebook, Secrets Smart Students Know, reveals how the best students use powerful study skills, maximize their memory, avoid , and maximize their to achieve fantastic grades with much less work! Click now to find out more about simple methods to maximize your study skills.

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Mar
29
2012
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Quick Formula For Mastering New Academic Material

Need a step-by-step formula for puttin’ the hurt on your current course load? Want to muscle through those killer classes and become a legend of learning? Here’s an idiot-proof way to step-up your academic game in three simple steps. Caution: This works best for non-skill-based classes such as, history, political science, sociology, biology, etc. rather than topics like physics, cage-fighting, foreign languages, and math.

First: Make sure you take thorough notes. You can’t master the material if you don’t remember what it was. For a more in-depth how-to on taking noteworthy notes–notes that will cause your professor to weep uncontrollably and set up a shrine to you in the staff lounge–look here. As you’re capturing those notes, be sure to get down the high-payoff items, and I mean payoff in terms of exam grades. You want only to the info that will actually boost your GPA. Not sure if an item is going to be on the test? (more…)

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Cody Blair has spent over a decade helping students and teachers discover the secrets that make learning simple! His ebook, Secrets Smart Students Know, reveals how the best students use powerful study skills, maximize their memory, avoid , and maximize their to achieve fantastic grades with much less work! Click now to find out more about simple methods to maximize your study skills.

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Feb
11
2012
0

10 Reasons to go Back to Bed

 

Take a look at this excellent post from i09.com on some fantabulous reasons to make sure you’re getting enough . HINT: Your grades will thank you! 10 Reasons to go Back to Bed.

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Feb
09
2012
1

Maintain Focus in 100 Words (or Less)

~~The “100 Words (or Less)” series gives you a super-short summary of what you need to know about the subject at hand and does it in 100 words or less. Check the at the bottom for more detailed info about the topic.~~

Eliminate Distractions. Hide yourself away from friends and fun. This includes non-essential electronics.

Be Strategic. Identify the high payoff items in what you’re doing. Do them first.

Take Breaks. Set a timer and work in 30 to 45 minute bursts with short breaks in between to recharge your brain. Don’t like breaks? Take them anyway. They help! (Caveat: NOT for people with ADHD.)

Ask questions. Ask yourself tough, open-ended questions about what you are learning. Answer the questions.

Talk to yourself. Sitting in silence is a recipe for daydreaming. Talk to yourself as you think. Keeps your brain train on the tracks.

Take a more in-depth look at how to maintain focus…

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Cody Blair has spent over a decade helping students and teachers discover the secrets that make learning simple! His ebook, Secrets Smart Students Know, reveals how the best students use powerful skills, maximize their memory, avoid , and maximize their to achieve fantastic grades with much less work! Click now to find out more about simple methods to maximize your study skills.

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Feb
01
2012
0

Four Fast Steps to Fixing Your Focus Issues

is the big hairy bugbear that stalks many students. Twenty minutes into their two hour session they find themselves talking or texting or trimming their toenails or doing absolutely anything rather than studying. So how can you deftly dodge the distraction of friends, phones, Facebook, food, etc.? Follow this simple formula (more…)

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Cody Blair has spent over a decade helping students and teachers discover the secrets that make learning simple! His ebook, Secrets Smart Students Know, reveals how the best students use powerful study skills, maximize their memory, avoid , and maximize their focus to achieve fantastic grades with much less work! Click now to find out more about simple methods to maximize your study skills.

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Jan
25
2012
0

Beating Procrastination in 100 Words (or Less)

~~The “100 Words (or Less)” series gives you a super-short summary of what you need to know about the subject at hand and does it in 100 words or less. Check the at the bottom for more detailed info about the topic.~~

Break it Down. Take a big task and divide it into smaller sub-tasks. Sub-tasks should be small enough that you won’t procrastinate about them.

Assemble Your Materials. Then there are no excuses not to get started.

Schedule the Sub-Tasks. A date. A start time. An end time.

Commit Publicly. Tell everyone who will listen how you WILL have it done by time X.

Do it. Putting it off? The sub-task was too big. Go back to step one.

Reward Yourself. Small rewards for completing a sub-task. Bigger rewards for a series of sub-tasks. Huge reward for total completion.

See more on beating procrastination.

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Cody Blair has spent over a decade helping students and teachers discover the secrets that make learning simple! His ebook, Secrets Smart Students Know, reveals how the best students use powerful skills, maximize their memory, avoid , and maximize their to achieve fantastic grades with much less work! Click now to find out more about simple methods to maximize your study skills.

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