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Learning Skills
Below you’ll find articles on learning skills and related tips, especially ways to boost your grades, prepare for college, figure out what you want out of life, and set your own course.
If you’re ready to start taking charge of your future, the best way to begin is to get control of your learning. Why? Because it’s the biggest part of your “working” life right now. And the number one way that others are sizing you up.
By showing you can excel at learning, you earn the clout to choose your path. The trust to define your next steps. The opportunity to make things happen.
But first, you’ve got to wrap your head around ways to master school content – even when it seems difficult and you don’t really feel up to it. Fortunately, you’re not alone. The learning skills and advice we share come from decades of research that’s been done precisely because so many students have faced challenges similar to your own.
You can read all about learning skills under this topic. Here are 3 essential articles to get started:
5 Study Skills to Accelerate Your Learning
What Intelligence Means to You
21 Study Tips: Learn the Strategies that Set Top Students Apart
Feel free to browse through the articles. Or sign up for our study skills course on Thinker Academy, and take a more focused approach to get in control of your learning.
Asking Questions Improves Your Learning if You Ask the Right Questions
It's 2AM and you’re cramming for a test tomorrow. The Doritos are all gone and yours is the only light still on. You stare at a richly detailed diagram of the reproductive system and think, “Looks pretty straightforward. I’ll remember this tomorrow.” At show time, that detailed diagram is ...
5 Study Skills to Accelerate Your Learning
So much to learn. Will it ever end? Nope. You will be learning for the rest of your life. School is simply a kick starter. No matter what path you take in life after school, learning will be part of it. Yet, the forever journey to develop your talents doesn’t have to be nerve-racking or ...
What Intelligence Means to You
What does intelligence mean to you? Do you believe you were born with a “smartness score” that’s set for life? Or is intelligence something you can build and grow? Say, by improving your study skills? Now, ask yourself another question – why do you believe that? Where did your ideas ...
Learning Strategies: How to Take Charge of Your Learning
Do you feel in command of your own learning? Do you learn well with good teachers and bad? Or even if there isn’t one at all? With the wealth of information available today, you have more opportunity than ever to know nearly anything that is known. You can go out and learn virtually ...