Your memory is always at work, whether you are studying for a coming school exam or memorizing the name of someone you just met. Your memory is always at work, even when you sleep. A powerful memory can unlock countless benefits in your daily life, from excelling in that big exam to never forgetting a […]
Memorization or rote learning is a learning technique where one repeats facts and figures over and over again. The repetition instills this information into the students’ memory banks. Rote learning or rote memory is used in primary, secondary, and tertiary education and is still the direct technique used in teaching most subjects. While this learning […]
When learning, comprehending, retaining, and memorizing information, mind maps are quite helpful as they successfully use and demonstrate the relationship between concepts with the use of keywords, symbols, colors, and lines. Its structure also incorporates and stimulates several sections of our brain, which in the end results in meaningful understanding, data organization, concept association, and […]
Active recall and passive recall are learning strategies that can help retain information. The former refers to techniques that retrieve information from your brain, while the latter refers to the techniques that take in information from learning materials. Although both are good techniques for learning and memory, active recall is a more effective way of […]
Over memorization is not good for learning. It is time-consuming and stressful, makes learning superficial, does not promote comprehension, makes you forget faster, and does not encourage practical application. While memorization continues to get a bad rap in many quarters, it has been shown that we cannot learn without it. Thus, what should be flogged […]
Your brain reaches its peak processing power and memory capacity at 18. There’s no particular age when you’re best at everything, as people reach their greatest capacity for different abilities at different ages. For example, peak facial recognition ability happens at 32, and your vocabulary skills are sharpest in your late 60s. The human brain […]
